Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 5/7/2011 1:30 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Neal Beckerndbeck...@gmail.com wrote: No File Import Gnumeric here (fedora 14 lyx-2.0.0-0.21.rc3.fc14.x86_64) What am I missing? Maybe Gnumeric. And perhaps LyX 2.0. Liviu After installing Gnumeric, path to its

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 5/7/2011 1:30 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Neal Beckerndbeck...@gmail.com wrote: No File Import Gnumeric here (fedora 14 lyx-2.0.0-0.21.rc3.fc14.x86_64) What am I missing? Maybe Gnumeric. And perhaps LyX 2.0. Liviu After installing Gnumeric, path to its

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 5/7/2011 1:30 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Neal Becker wrote: No File> Import> Gnumeric here (fedora 14 lyx-2.0.0-0.21.rc3.fc14.x86_64) What am I missing? Maybe Gnumeric. And perhaps LyX 2.0. Liviu After installing Gnumeric, path to

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Neal Becker ndbeck...@gmail.com wrote: No File Import Gnumeric here (fedora 14 lyx-2.0.0-0.21.rc3.fc14.x86_64) What am I missing? Maybe Gnumeric. And perhaps LyX 2.0. Liviu

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Neal Becker ndbeck...@gmail.com wrote: No File Import Gnumeric here (fedora 14 lyx-2.0.0-0.21.rc3.fc14.x86_64) What am I missing? Maybe Gnumeric. And perhaps LyX 2.0. Liviu

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 9:57 PM, Neal Becker wrote: > No File > Import > Gnumeric here (fedora 14 lyx-2.0.0-0.21.rc3.fc14.x86_64) > > What am I missing? > Maybe Gnumeric. And perhaps LyX 2.0. Liviu

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 6:22 AM, Andrew Parsloe apars...@clear.net.nz wrote: I meant something more on these lines: you have a table in LyX with a few columns of figures; you want the totals of the columns, perhaps a grand total. The numbers aren't at this point fixed. New data may arise as you

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 2011-05-05, Andrew Parsloe wrote: I think I have confused people, perhaps because I used the phrase 'LyX office suite' (but in quotes -- it was meant with a certain tongue-in-cheek quality) and mentioned the word spreadsheet. ... My request was for a button on the table toolbar that

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Guenter Milde mi...@users.berlios.de wrote: LyX doesn't need to acquire spreadsheet capabilities. I have no wish to see it heading down the road of OpenOffice. But I am pretty sure that, when this support is implemented, there will be requests that LyX displays

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 5/05/2011 7:39 p.m., Guenter Milde wrote: On 2011-05-05, Andrew Parsloe wrote: I think I have confused people, perhaps because I used the phrase 'LyX office suite' (but in quotes -- it was meant with a certain tongue-in-cheek quality) and mentioned the word spreadsheet. ... My request

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 5/05/2011 7:49 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote: On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Guenter Mildemi...@users.berlios.de wrote: LyX doesn't need to acquire spreadsheet capabilities. I have no wish to see it heading down the road of OpenOffice. But I am pretty sure that, when this support is

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

Liviu, on 2.0 RC3 on 10.6.7 I can't see the OOo or Excell formats offered unter External Material. Please advise. greetings, el On 5/4/11 10:18 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Andrew Parsloe apars...@clear.net.nz wrote: The current lack of even a basic 'active'

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Dr Eberhard W Lisse e...@lisse.na wrote: on 2.0 RC3 on 10.6.7 I can't see the OOo or Excell formats offered unter External Material. Please advise. You should see the Gnumeric external material. It supports files saved under Gnumeric, OOo or Excel spreadsheet

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 05/05/2011 12:22 AM, Andrew Parsloe wrote: On 5/05/2011 12:32 p.m., Charlie wrote: If a vote is being taken on this feature request. I would rather that it doesn't happen, so please put me down as a no. Please don't do it. There are plenty of spreadsheet programs and if you haven't

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 6/05/2011 10:26 a.m., Julien Rioux wrote: On 05/05/2011 12:22 AM, Andrew Parsloe wrote: On 5/05/2011 12:32 p.m., Charlie wrote: If a vote is being taken on this feature request. I would rather that it doesn't happen, so please put me down as a no. Please don't do it. There are plenty of

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 6:22 AM, Andrew Parsloe apars...@clear.net.nz wrote: I meant something more on these lines: you have a table in LyX with a few columns of figures; you want the totals of the columns, perhaps a grand total. The numbers aren't at this point fixed. New data may arise as you

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 2011-05-05, Andrew Parsloe wrote: I think I have confused people, perhaps because I used the phrase 'LyX office suite' (but in quotes -- it was meant with a certain tongue-in-cheek quality) and mentioned the word spreadsheet. ... My request was for a button on the table toolbar that

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Guenter Milde mi...@users.berlios.de wrote: LyX doesn't need to acquire spreadsheet capabilities. I have no wish to see it heading down the road of OpenOffice. But I am pretty sure that, when this support is implemented, there will be requests that LyX displays

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 5/05/2011 7:39 p.m., Guenter Milde wrote: On 2011-05-05, Andrew Parsloe wrote: I think I have confused people, perhaps because I used the phrase 'LyX office suite' (but in quotes -- it was meant with a certain tongue-in-cheek quality) and mentioned the word spreadsheet. ... My request

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 5/05/2011 7:49 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote: On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Guenter Mildemi...@users.berlios.de wrote: LyX doesn't need to acquire spreadsheet capabilities. I have no wish to see it heading down the road of OpenOffice. But I am pretty sure that, when this support is

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

Liviu, on 2.0 RC3 on 10.6.7 I can't see the OOo or Excell formats offered unter External Material. Please advise. greetings, el On 5/4/11 10:18 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Andrew Parsloe apars...@clear.net.nz wrote: The current lack of even a basic 'active'

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Dr Eberhard W Lisse e...@lisse.na wrote: on 2.0 RC3 on 10.6.7 I can't see the OOo or Excell formats offered unter External Material. Please advise. You should see the Gnumeric external material. It supports files saved under Gnumeric, OOo or Excel spreadsheet

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 05/05/2011 12:22 AM, Andrew Parsloe wrote: On 5/05/2011 12:32 p.m., Charlie wrote: If a vote is being taken on this feature request. I would rather that it doesn't happen, so please put me down as a no. Please don't do it. There are plenty of spreadsheet programs and if you haven't

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 6/05/2011 10:26 a.m., Julien Rioux wrote: On 05/05/2011 12:22 AM, Andrew Parsloe wrote: On 5/05/2011 12:32 p.m., Charlie wrote: If a vote is being taken on this feature request. I would rather that it doesn't happen, so please put me down as a no. Please don't do it. There are plenty of

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 6:22 AM, Andrew Parsloe wrote: > I meant something more on these lines: you have a table in LyX with a few > columns of figures; you want the totals of the columns, perhaps a grand > total. The numbers aren't at this point fixed. New data may arise as

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 2011-05-05, Andrew Parsloe wrote: > I think I have confused people, perhaps because I used the phrase 'LyX > office suite' (but in quotes -- it was meant with a certain > tongue-in-cheek quality) and mentioned the word spreadsheet. ... > My request was for a button on the table toolbar

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Guenter Milde wrote: >> LyX doesn't need to acquire spreadsheet capabilities. I have no wish to >> see it heading down the road of OpenOffice. > > But I am pretty sure that, when this support is implemented, there will > be requests that LyX

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 5/05/2011 7:39 p.m., Guenter Milde wrote: On 2011-05-05, Andrew Parsloe wrote: I think I have confused people, perhaps because I used the phrase 'LyX office suite' (but in quotes -- it was meant with a certain tongue-in-cheek quality) and mentioned the word spreadsheet. ... My request

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 5/05/2011 7:49 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote: On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Guenter Milde wrote: LyX doesn't need to acquire spreadsheet capabilities. I have no wish to see it heading down the road of OpenOffice. But I am pretty sure that, when this support is

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

Liviu, on 2.0 RC3 on 10.6.7 I can't see the OOo or Excell formats offered unter External Material. Please advise. greetings, el On 5/4/11 10:18 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote: > On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Andrew Parsloe wrote: >> The current lack of even a basic

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Dr Eberhard W Lisse wrote: > on 2.0 RC3 on 10.6.7 I can't see the OOo or Excell formats offered unter > External Material. > > Please advise. > You should see the Gnumeric external material. It supports files saved under Gnumeric, OOo or Excel

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 05/05/2011 12:22 AM, Andrew Parsloe wrote: On 5/05/2011 12:32 p.m., Charlie wrote: If a vote is being taken on this feature request. I would rather that it doesn't happen, so please put me down as a "no". Please don't do it. There are plenty of spreadsheet programs and if you haven't

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 6/05/2011 10:26 a.m., Julien Rioux wrote: On 05/05/2011 12:22 AM, Andrew Parsloe wrote: On 5/05/2011 12:32 p.m., Charlie wrote: If a vote is being taken on this feature request. I would rather that it doesn't happen, so please put me down as a "no". Please don't do it. There are plenty

Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

Dear LyX developers users, Now that LyX 2.0 is about to be launched perhaps it is a good time to mention the missing element in the 'LyX office suite'. At present LyX provides the wordprocessor mathematics editor, beamer (presumably) covers the slide show/presentation side of things, and I

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Andrew Parsloe apars...@clear.net.nz wrote: The current lack of even a basic 'active' table in LyX, where you can sum a column of figures for instance, This is not accurate. In 2.0 you can: File Import Table (CSV) File Import xls File Import Gnumeric

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 4/05/2011 9:18 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote: On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Andrew Parsloeapars...@clear.net.nz wrote: The current lack of even a basic 'active' table in LyX, where you can sum a column of figures for instance, This is not accurate. In 2.0 you can: File Import Table

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Andrew Parsloe apars...@clear.net.nz wrote: Yes, but it would be nice to be able to sum a table in LyX without having to fire up Gnumeric or Excel or whatever. It sure would. (To take matters to extremes, you could even fire up an external wordprocessor and

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 4/05/2011 9:59 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote: On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Andrew Parsloeapars...@clear.net.nz wrote: Yes, but it would be nice to be able to sum a table in LyX without having to fire up Gnumeric or Excel or whatever. It sure would. (To take matters to extremes, you

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On May 4, 2011, at 3:26 AM, Andrew Parsloe wrote: On 4/05/2011 9:59 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote: On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Andrew Parsloeapars...@clear.net.nz wrote: Yes, but it would be nice to be able to sum a table in LyX without having to fire up Gnumeric or Excel or

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

Andrew Parsloe wrote: Yes, but it would be nice to be able to sum a table in LyX without having to fire up Gnumeric or Excel or whatever. (To take matters to extremes, you this is the same as request that we should introduce some 'simple' graphics editor for pictures. after simple editor is

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On Wed, 4 May 2011, Pavel Sanda wrote: i think we should be good at editing text and typesetting. preparing the basic material like drawings, tables, computing numbers etc should do different apps which do it much better then we will ever do. we can create some reasonable binding to them, but

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 04/05/2011 18:42, Pavel Sanda wrote: Andrew Parsloe wrote: Yes, but it would be nice to be able to sum a table in LyX without having to fire up Gnumeric or Excel or whatever. (To take matters to extremes, you this is the same as request that we should introduce some 'simple' graphics

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Andrew Parsloe apars...@clear.net.nz wrote: For a computer with limited memory (1 GB seemed big when I bought it), where there's a lot of disk activity with multiple programs running, being able to work in LyX alone would be helpful. If computer resources are

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On Wednesday 04 May 2011 20:32:03 Charlie wrote: If a vote is being taken on this feature request. I would rather that it doesn't happen, so please put me down as a no. Please don't do it. Context? What are we talking about? Do I really need to research my mailbox to find out? SteveT

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 5/05/2011 12:32 p.m., Charlie wrote: If a vote is being taken on this feature request. I would rather that it doesn't happen, so please put me down as a no. Please don't do it. There are plenty of spreadsheet programs and if you haven't completed your work in the program you use, why

Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

Dear LyX developers users, Now that LyX 2.0 is about to be launched perhaps it is a good time to mention the missing element in the 'LyX office suite'. At present LyX provides the wordprocessor mathematics editor, beamer (presumably) covers the slide show/presentation side of things, and I

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Andrew Parsloe apars...@clear.net.nz wrote: The current lack of even a basic 'active' table in LyX, where you can sum a column of figures for instance, This is not accurate. In 2.0 you can: File Import Table (CSV) File Import xls File Import Gnumeric

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 4/05/2011 9:18 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote: On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Andrew Parsloeapars...@clear.net.nz wrote: The current lack of even a basic 'active' table in LyX, where you can sum a column of figures for instance, This is not accurate. In 2.0 you can: File Import Table

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Andrew Parsloe apars...@clear.net.nz wrote: Yes, but it would be nice to be able to sum a table in LyX without having to fire up Gnumeric or Excel or whatever. It sure would. (To take matters to extremes, you could even fire up an external wordprocessor and

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 4/05/2011 9:59 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote: On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Andrew Parsloeapars...@clear.net.nz wrote: Yes, but it would be nice to be able to sum a table in LyX without having to fire up Gnumeric or Excel or whatever. It sure would. (To take matters to extremes, you

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On May 4, 2011, at 3:26 AM, Andrew Parsloe wrote: On 4/05/2011 9:59 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote: On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Andrew Parsloeapars...@clear.net.nz wrote: Yes, but it would be nice to be able to sum a table in LyX without having to fire up Gnumeric or Excel or

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

Andrew Parsloe wrote: Yes, but it would be nice to be able to sum a table in LyX without having to fire up Gnumeric or Excel or whatever. (To take matters to extremes, you this is the same as request that we should introduce some 'simple' graphics editor for pictures. after simple editor is

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On Wed, 4 May 2011, Pavel Sanda wrote: i think we should be good at editing text and typesetting. preparing the basic material like drawings, tables, computing numbers etc should do different apps which do it much better then we will ever do. we can create some reasonable binding to them, but

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 04/05/2011 18:42, Pavel Sanda wrote: Andrew Parsloe wrote: Yes, but it would be nice to be able to sum a table in LyX without having to fire up Gnumeric or Excel or whatever. (To take matters to extremes, you this is the same as request that we should introduce some 'simple' graphics

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Andrew Parsloe apars...@clear.net.nz wrote: For a computer with limited memory (1 GB seemed big when I bought it), where there's a lot of disk activity with multiple programs running, being able to work in LyX alone would be helpful. If computer resources are

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On Wednesday 04 May 2011 20:32:03 Charlie wrote: If a vote is being taken on this feature request. I would rather that it doesn't happen, so please put me down as a no. Please don't do it. Context? What are we talking about? Do I really need to research my mailbox to find out? SteveT

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 5/05/2011 12:32 p.m., Charlie wrote: If a vote is being taken on this feature request. I would rather that it doesn't happen, so please put me down as a no. Please don't do it. There are plenty of spreadsheet programs and if you haven't completed your work in the program you use, why

Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

Dear LyX developers & users, Now that LyX 2.0 is about to be launched perhaps it is a good time to mention the missing element in the 'LyX office suite'. At present LyX provides the wordprocessor & mathematics editor, beamer (presumably) covers the slide show/presentation side of things, and

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Andrew Parsloe wrote: > The current lack of even a basic 'active' table in LyX, where you can sum a > column of figures for instance, > This is not accurate. In 2.0 you can: File > Import > Table (CSV) File > Import > xls File > Import >

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 4/05/2011 9:18 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote: On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Andrew Parsloe wrote: The current lack of even a basic 'active' table in LyX, where you can sum a column of figures for instance, This is not accurate. In 2.0 you can: File> Import> Table

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Andrew Parsloe wrote: > Yes, but it would be nice to be able to sum a table in LyX without having to > fire up Gnumeric or Excel or whatever. > It sure would. > (To take matters to extremes, you > could even fire up an external

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 4/05/2011 9:59 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote: On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Andrew Parsloe wrote: Yes, but it would be nice to be able to sum a table in LyX without having to fire up Gnumeric or Excel or whatever. It sure would. (To take matters to extremes,

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On May 4, 2011, at 3:26 AM, Andrew Parsloe wrote: > > > On 4/05/2011 9:59 p.m., Liviu Andronic wrote: >> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Andrew Parsloe >> wrote: >>> Yes, but it would be nice to be able to sum a table in LyX without having to >>> fire up Gnumeric or

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

Andrew Parsloe wrote: > Yes, but it would be nice to be able to sum a table in LyX without having > to fire up Gnumeric or Excel or whatever. (To take matters to extremes, you this is the same as request that we should introduce some 'simple' graphics editor for pictures. after simple editor is

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On Wed, 4 May 2011, Pavel Sanda wrote: i think we should be good at editing text and typesetting. preparing the basic material like drawings, tables, computing numbers etc should do different apps which do it much better then we will ever do. we can create some reasonable binding to them, but

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 04/05/2011 18:42, Pavel Sanda wrote: Andrew Parsloe wrote: Yes, but it would be nice to be able to sum a table in LyX without having to fire up Gnumeric or Excel or whatever. (To take matters to extremes, you this is the same as request that we should introduce some 'simple' graphics

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Andrew Parsloe wrote: > For a computer with limited memory (1 GB seemed big when I bought it), where > there's a lot of disk activity with multiple programs running, being able to > work in LyX alone would be helpful. > If computer resources

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On Wednesday 04 May 2011 20:32:03 Charlie wrote: > If a vote is being taken on this feature request. > > I would rather that it doesn't happen, so please put me down as a "no". > > Please don't do it. Context? What are we talking about? Do I really need to research my mailbox to find out?

Re: Feature request: the missing element in the LyX office suite

On 5/05/2011 12:32 p.m., Charlie wrote: If a vote is being taken on this feature request. I would rather that it doesn't happen, so please put me down as a "no". Please don't do it. There are plenty of spreadsheet programs and if you haven't completed your work in the program you use, why