Re[2]: Lighter Version

2003-06-18 Thread Paco Cruz
Bruce Sass, Con fecha martes, 17 de junio de 2003, 19:55:03, escribió: BS It is a matter of patience and bells and whistles. I have KDE 3.1.2 BS on a 486-66MHz, once you get passed the startup times and the few BS seconds it takes to redraw a screen it is just fine... BS - Bruce Please, excuse

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-18 Thread Preben Randhol
Andre Poenitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 18/06/2003 (11:22) : Well, it isn't. Believe me. LaTeX runs on a 512k DOS machine. LyX certainly does not. Comparing apples and oranges here I'd say. -- «It's probably worth pointing out that C's pointer arithmetic is not only dangerous, and a

Re: Re[2]: Lighter Version

2003-06-18 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 11:28:55AM -0400, Matej Cepl wrote: ... -- try to take a look at Small-Memory mini HOWTO (should be part of every Linux distribution). *grin* ... except for the really small ones. Like hal91 or so ;-} Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain

Re[2]: Lighter Version

2003-06-18 Thread Bruce Sass
On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Paco Cruz wrote: Bruce Sass, Con fecha martes, 17 de junio de 2003, 19:55:03, escribió: BS It is a matter of patience and bells and whistles. I have KDE 3.1.2 BS on a 486-66MHz, once you get passed the startup times and the few BS seconds it takes to redraw a screen it

Re[2]: Lighter Version

2003-06-18 Thread Paco Cruz
Bruce Sass, Con fecha martes, 17 de junio de 2003, 19:55:03, escribió: BS It is a matter of patience and bells and whistles. I have KDE 3.1.2 BS on a 486-66MHz, once you get passed the startup times and the few BS seconds it takes to redraw a screen it is just fine... BS - Bruce Please, excuse

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-18 Thread Preben Randhol
Andre Poenitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 18/06/2003 (11:22) : Well, it isn't. Believe me. LaTeX runs on a 512k DOS machine. LyX certainly does not. Comparing apples and oranges here I'd say. -- «It's probably worth pointing out that C's pointer arithmetic is not only dangerous, and a

Re: Re[2]: Lighter Version

2003-06-18 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 11:28:55AM -0400, Matej Cepl wrote: ... -- try to take a look at Small-Memory mini HOWTO (should be part of every Linux distribution). *grin* ... except for the really small ones. Like hal91 or so ;-} Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain

Re[2]: Lighter Version

2003-06-18 Thread Bruce Sass
On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Paco Cruz wrote: Bruce Sass, Con fecha martes, 17 de junio de 2003, 19:55:03, escribió: BS It is a matter of patience and bells and whistles. I have KDE 3.1.2 BS on a 486-66MHz, once you get passed the startup times and the few BS seconds it takes to redraw a screen it

Re[2]: Lighter Version

2003-06-18 Thread Paco Cruz
Bruce Sass, Con fecha martes, 17 de junio de 2003, 19:55:03, escribió: BS> It is a matter of patience and bells and whistles. I have KDE 3.1.2 BS> on a 486-66MHz, once you get passed the startup times and the few BS> seconds it takes to redraw a screen it is just fine... BS> - Bruce Please,

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-18 Thread Preben Randhol
Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 18/06/2003 (11:22) : > > Well, it isn't. Believe me. LaTeX runs on a 512k DOS machine. LyX certainly > does not. Comparing apples and oranges here I'd say. -- «It's probably worth pointing out that C's pointer arithmetic is not only dangerous, and

Re: Re[2]: Lighter Version

2003-06-18 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 11:28:55AM -0400, Matej Cepl wrote: > ... -- try to take a look at Small-Memory mini HOWTO (should be > part of every Linux distribution). *grin* ... except for the really small ones. Like hal91 or so ;-} Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain

Re[2]: Lighter Version

2003-06-18 Thread Bruce Sass
On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Paco Cruz wrote: > Bruce Sass, > Con fecha martes, 17 de junio de 2003, 19:55:03, escribió: > > BS> It is a matter of patience and bells and whistles. I have KDE 3.1.2 > BS> on a 486-66MHz, once you get passed the startup times and the few > BS> seconds it takes to redraw a

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-17 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 12:26:41AM +0300, Robin Turner wrote: 1 - Is there a lighter version of LyX or a lighter program that works just like it? LyX itself is about as light as you can get - Well, it isn't. Believe me. LaTeX runs on a 512k DOS machine. LyX certainly does not. Andre

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-17 Thread Preben Randhol
Tuukka Toivonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 16/06/2003 (10:54) : Never use KDE nor Gnome unless you have 64 MB or so memory. No unless you have 128 Mb preferably 256 Mb. At least if you look at the latest versions. -- «It's probably worth pointing out that C's pointer arithmetic is not

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-17 Thread Bruce Sass
On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Preben Randhol wrote: Tuukka Toivonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 16/06/2003 (10:54) : Never use KDE nor Gnome unless you have 64 MB or so memory. No unless you have 128 Mb preferably 256 Mb. At least if you look at the latest versions. It is a matter of patience and

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-17 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 12:26:41AM +0300, Robin Turner wrote: 1 - Is there a lighter version of LyX or a lighter program that works just like it? LyX itself is about as light as you can get - Well, it isn't. Believe me. LaTeX runs on a 512k DOS machine. LyX certainly does not. Andre

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-17 Thread Preben Randhol
Tuukka Toivonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 16/06/2003 (10:54) : Never use KDE nor Gnome unless you have 64 MB or so memory. No unless you have 128 Mb preferably 256 Mb. At least if you look at the latest versions. -- «It's probably worth pointing out that C's pointer arithmetic is not

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-17 Thread Bruce Sass
On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Preben Randhol wrote: Tuukka Toivonen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 16/06/2003 (10:54) : Never use KDE nor Gnome unless you have 64 MB or so memory. No unless you have 128 Mb preferably 256 Mb. At least if you look at the latest versions. It is a matter of patience and

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-17 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 12:26:41AM +0300, Robin Turner wrote: > >1 - Is there a lighter version of LyX or a lighter program that works just > >like it? > > LyX itself is about as light as you can get - Well, it isn't. Believe me. LaTeX runs on a 512k DOS machine. LyX certainl

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-17 Thread Preben Randhol
Tuukka Toivonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 16/06/2003 (10:54) : > > Never use KDE nor Gnome unless you have 64 MB or so memory. No unless you have 128 Mb preferably 256 Mb. At least if you look at the latest versions. -- «It's probably worth pointing out that C's pointer arithmetic is not

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-17 Thread Bruce Sass
On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Preben Randhol wrote: > Tuukka Toivonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 16/06/2003 (10:54) : > > > > Never use KDE nor Gnome unless you have 64 MB or so memory. > > No unless you have 128 Mb preferably 256 Mb. At least if you look at the > latest versions. It is a matter of

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
version needs some more memory. 1 - Is there a lighter version of LyX or a lighter program that works just like it? 2 - Can I convert .rtf to .lyx? There is a rtf editor (Ted) which is pretty light; If that is possible, I can work with it and then convert its files to .lyx later. 3 - Is there any

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Preben Randhol
Konrad Scorciapino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 16/06/2003 (09:53) : Hello, I am trying to run LyX on my old P166, but it gets too slow. So, I was wondering if: 1 - Is there a lighter version of LyX or a lighter program that works just like it? I have a P166 and I don't have a problem

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Jan Van Belle
Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: Konrad Scorciapino wrote: I am trying to run LyX on my old P166, but it gets too slow. So, I was wondering if: Which version and which frontend? I am running LyX 1.3.2 with xforms frontend on my old P100 notebook. It needs some starting time, but then it is

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Tuukka Toivonen
On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Preben Randhol wrote: I am trying to run LyX on my old P166, but it gets too slow. So, I was wondering if: I have a P166 and I don't have a problem with lyx. I use the xforms Summary: CPU speed doesn't matter so much, but you _really_ must have enough memory. By running a

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 11:53:53AM +0300, Tuukka Toivonen wrote: On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Preben Randhol wrote: I am trying to run LyX on my old P166, but it gets too slow. So, I was wondering if: I have a P166 and I don't have a problem with lyx. I use the xforms Summary: CPU speed doesn't

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 08:32:09AM +0200, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: like it? 2 - Can I convert .rtf to .lyx? There is a rtf editor (Ted) which is pretty light; If that is possible, I can work with it and then convert its files to .lyx later. 3 - Is there any other solution to this problem?

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Andre == Andre Poenitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Andre wvCleanLatex does an amazing job on converting .doc to .tex [I Andre am actually thinking of adding it to the standard import list Andre one day...] It is there already, I think. JMarc

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Matej Cepl
on such computer (read: the problem is Qt, not LyX). 1 - Is there a lighter version of LyX or a lighter program that works just like it? Aside from xforms instead of qt I have no clue. 2 - Can I convert .rtf to .lyx? There is a rtf editor (Ted) which is pretty light; If that is possible, I can work

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Robin Turner
Konrad Scorciapino wrote: Hello, I am trying to run LyX on my old P166, but it gets too slow. So, I was wondering if: 1 - Is there a lighter version of LyX or a lighter program that works just like it? LyX itself is about as light as you can get - it's LaTeX that eats resources, but you only

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
version needs some more memory. 1 - Is there a lighter version of LyX or a lighter program that works just like it? 2 - Can I convert .rtf to .lyx? There is a rtf editor (Ted) which is pretty light; If that is possible, I can work with it and then convert its files to .lyx later. 3 - Is there any

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Preben Randhol
Konrad Scorciapino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 16/06/2003 (09:53) : Hello, I am trying to run LyX on my old P166, but it gets too slow. So, I was wondering if: 1 - Is there a lighter version of LyX or a lighter program that works just like it? I have a P166 and I don't have a problem

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Jan Van Belle
Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: Konrad Scorciapino wrote: I am trying to run LyX on my old P166, but it gets too slow. So, I was wondering if: Which version and which frontend? I am running LyX 1.3.2 with xforms frontend on my old P100 notebook. It needs some starting time, but then it is

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Tuukka Toivonen
On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Preben Randhol wrote: I am trying to run LyX on my old P166, but it gets too slow. So, I was wondering if: I have a P166 and I don't have a problem with lyx. I use the xforms Summary: CPU speed doesn't matter so much, but you _really_ must have enough memory. By running a

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 11:53:53AM +0300, Tuukka Toivonen wrote: On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Preben Randhol wrote: I am trying to run LyX on my old P166, but it gets too slow. So, I was wondering if: I have a P166 and I don't have a problem with lyx. I use the xforms Summary: CPU speed doesn't

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 08:32:09AM +0200, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: like it? 2 - Can I convert .rtf to .lyx? There is a rtf editor (Ted) which is pretty light; If that is possible, I can work with it and then convert its files to .lyx later. 3 - Is there any other solution to this problem?

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Andre == Andre Poenitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Andre wvCleanLatex does an amazing job on converting .doc to .tex [I Andre am actually thinking of adding it to the standard import list Andre one day...] It is there already, I think. JMarc

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Matej Cepl
on such computer (read: the problem is Qt, not LyX). 1 - Is there a lighter version of LyX or a lighter program that works just like it? Aside from xforms instead of qt I have no clue. 2 - Can I convert .rtf to .lyx? There is a rtf editor (Ted) which is pretty light; If that is possible, I can work

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Robin Turner
Konrad Scorciapino wrote: Hello, I am trying to run LyX on my old P166, but it gets too slow. So, I was wondering if: 1 - Is there a lighter version of LyX or a lighter program that works just like it? LyX itself is about as light as you can get - it's LaTeX that eats resources, but you only

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
the qt version needs some more memory. > 1 - Is there a lighter version of LyX or a lighter program that works just > like it? 2 - Can I convert .rtf to .lyx? There is a rtf editor (Ted) which > is pretty light; If that is possible, I can work with it and then convert > its file

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Preben Randhol
Konrad Scorciapino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 16/06/2003 (09:53) : > Hello, > > I am trying to run LyX on my old P166, but it gets too slow. So, I was > wondering if: > > 1 - Is there a lighter version of LyX or a lighter program that works > just like it? I h

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Jan Van Belle
Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: > > Konrad Scorciapino wrote: > > I am trying to run LyX on my old P166, but it gets too slow. So, I was > > wondering if: > > Which version and which frontend? I am running LyX 1.3.2 with xforms frontend > on my old P100 notebook. It needs some starting time, but

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Tuukka Toivonen
On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Preben Randhol wrote: >> I am trying to run LyX on my old P166, but it gets too slow. So, I was >> wondering if: >I have a P166 and I don't have a problem with lyx. I use the xforms Summary: CPU speed doesn't matter so much, but you _really_ must have enough memory. By

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 11:53:53AM +0300, Tuukka Toivonen wrote: > On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Preben Randhol wrote: > > >> I am trying to run LyX on my old P166, but it gets too slow. So, I was > >> wondering if: > >I have a P166 and I don't have a problem with lyx. I use the xforms > > Summary: CPU

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 08:32:09AM +0200, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote: > > like it? 2 - Can I convert .rtf to .lyx? There is a rtf editor (Ted) which > > is pretty light; If that is possible, I can work with it and then convert > > its files to .lyx later. 3 - Is there any other solution to this

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Andre" == Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Andre> wvCleanLatex does an amazing job on converting .doc to .tex [I Andre> am actually thinking of adding it to the "standard import list" Andre> one day...] It is there already, I think. JMarc

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Matej Cepl
sense on such computer (read: the problem is Qt, not LyX). > 1 - Is there a lighter version of LyX or a lighter program that works > just like it? Aside from xforms instead of qt I have no clue. > 2 - Can I convert .rtf to .lyx? There is a rtf editor (Ted) which is > pretty light; If that

Re: Lighter Version

2003-06-16 Thread Robin Turner
Konrad Scorciapino wrote: Hello, I am trying to run LyX on my old P166, but it gets too slow. So, I was wondering if: 1 - Is there a lighter version of LyX or a lighter program that works just like it? LyX itself is about as light as you can get - it's LaTeX that eats resources, but you only

Lighter Version

2003-06-15 Thread Konrad Scorciapino
Hello, I am trying to run LyX on my old P166, but it gets too slow. So, I was wondering if: 1 - Is there a lighter version of LyX or a lighter program that works just like it? 2 - Can I convert .rtf to .lyx? There is a rtf editor (Ted) which is pretty light; If that is possible, I can work

Lighter Version

2003-06-15 Thread Konrad Scorciapino
Hello, I am trying to run LyX on my old P166, but it gets too slow. So, I was wondering if: 1 - Is there a lighter version of LyX or a lighter program that works just like it? 2 - Can I convert .rtf to .lyx? There is a rtf editor (Ted) which is pretty light; If that is possible, I can work

Lighter Version

2003-06-15 Thread Konrad Scorciapino
Hello, I am trying to run LyX on my old P166, but it gets too slow. So, I was wondering if: 1 - Is there a lighter version of LyX or a lighter program that works just like it? 2 - Can I convert .rtf to .lyx? There is a rtf editor (Ted) which is pretty light; If that is possible, I can work