Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-30 Thread Guenter Milde
is: Document Processor LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX. It makes the power and typesetting quality of LaTeX available for people who are used to word processors. Since LyX supports LaTeX's concept of general mark-ups, it is even easier and faster to create professional quality documents

Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-30 Thread Steve Litt
in Debian and Ubuntu is: Document Processor LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX. It makes the power and typesetting quality of LaTeX available for people who are used to word processors. Since LyX supports LaTeX's concept of general mark-ups, it is even easier and faster to create

Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-30 Thread Steve Litt
On Friday 30 January 2009 03:18:09 am Guenter Milde wrote: On 2009-01-29, Steve Litt wrote: On Thursday 29 January 2009 03:00:45 am Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Guenter Milde wrote: My proposal would be: LyX is a graphical frontend for LaTeX. ... Well, it is not _just_ that IMHO.

Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-30 Thread Guenter Milde
is: Document Processor LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX. It makes the power and typesetting quality of LaTeX available for people who are used to word processors. Since LyX supports LaTeX's concept of general mark-ups, it is even easier and faster to create professional quality documents

Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-30 Thread Steve Litt
in Debian and Ubuntu is: Document Processor LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX. It makes the power and typesetting quality of LaTeX available for people who are used to word processors. Since LyX supports LaTeX's concept of general mark-ups, it is even easier and faster to create

Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-30 Thread Steve Litt
On Friday 30 January 2009 03:18:09 am Guenter Milde wrote: On 2009-01-29, Steve Litt wrote: On Thursday 29 January 2009 03:00:45 am Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Guenter Milde wrote: My proposal would be: LyX is a graphical frontend for LaTeX. ... Well, it is not _just_ that IMHO.

Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-30 Thread Guenter Milde
luding the heading "Document Processor"). This would give the discussion a proper base. The current description of LyX in Debian and Ubuntu is: Document Processor LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX. It makes the power and typesetting quality of LaTeX available for people who are

Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-30 Thread Steve Litt
urrent description of LyX in Debian and Ubuntu is: > > Document Processor > > LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX. It makes the power and > typesetting quality of LaTeX available for people who are used to word > processors. Since LyX supports LaTeX's concept of genera

Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-30 Thread Steve Litt
On Friday 30 January 2009 03:18:09 am Guenter Milde wrote: > On 2009-01-29, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Thursday 29 January 2009 03:00:45 am Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > >> Guenter Milde wrote: > >> > My proposal would be: > >> > > >> >LyX is a graphical frontend for LaTeX. ... > >> > >> Well, it

Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-29 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Guenter Milde wrote: My proposal would be: LyX is a graphical frontend for LaTeX. ... Well, it is not _just_ that IMHO. My proposal: LyX is a graphical word processor mainly used with a LateX backend. LyX is especially suited for structured document writing. The plain text export of

Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Thursday 29 January 2009 03:00:45 am Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Guenter Milde wrote: My proposal would be: LyX is a graphical frontend for LaTeX. ... Well, it is not _just_ that IMHO. My proposal: LyX is a graphical word processor mainly used with a LateX backend. LyX While this is

Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-29 Thread Nikos Alexandris
On Thu, 2009-01-29 at 12:30 -0500, Steve Litt wrote: On Thursday 29 January 2009 03:00:45 am Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Guenter Milde wrote: My proposal would be: LyX is a graphical frontend for LaTeX. ... Well, it is not _just_ that IMHO. My proposal: LyX is a graphical word

Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-29 Thread Les Denham
On Thursday 29 January 2009, Steve Litt wrote: Yes it is, although creation and modification of styles is an order of magnitude or two harder than with MS Word or WordPerfect. Contemplating the styles created by most MS Word Power Users* I can regard that shortcoming as a major advantage. *

Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-29 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Guenter Milde wrote: My proposal would be: LyX is a graphical frontend for LaTeX. ... Well, it is not _just_ that IMHO. My proposal: LyX is a graphical word processor mainly used with a LateX backend. LyX is especially suited for structured document writing. The plain text export of

Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Thursday 29 January 2009 03:00:45 am Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Guenter Milde wrote: My proposal would be: LyX is a graphical frontend for LaTeX. ... Well, it is not _just_ that IMHO. My proposal: LyX is a graphical word processor mainly used with a LateX backend. LyX While this is

Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-29 Thread Nikos Alexandris
On Thu, 2009-01-29 at 12:30 -0500, Steve Litt wrote: On Thursday 29 January 2009 03:00:45 am Abdelrazak Younes wrote: Guenter Milde wrote: My proposal would be: LyX is a graphical frontend for LaTeX. ... Well, it is not _just_ that IMHO. My proposal: LyX is a graphical word

Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-29 Thread Les Denham
On Thursday 29 January 2009, Steve Litt wrote: Yes it is, although creation and modification of styles is an order of magnitude or two harder than with MS Word or WordPerfect. Contemplating the styles created by most MS Word Power Users* I can regard that shortcoming as a major advantage. *

Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-29 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Guenter Milde wrote: My proposal would be: LyX is a graphical frontend for LaTeX. ... Well, it is not _just_ that IMHO. My proposal: "LyX is a graphical word processor mainly used with a LateX backend. LyX is especially suited for structured document writing." The plain text export of

Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Thursday 29 January 2009 03:00:45 am Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > Guenter Milde wrote: > > My proposal would be: > > > >LyX is a graphical frontend for LaTeX. ... > > Well, it is not _just_ that IMHO. My proposal: > > "LyX is a graphical word processor mainly used with a LateX backend. LyX

Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-29 Thread Nikos Alexandris
On Thu, 2009-01-29 at 12:30 -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > On Thursday 29 January 2009 03:00:45 am Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > > Guenter Milde wrote: > > > My proposal would be: > > > > > >LyX is a graphical frontend for LaTeX. ... > > > > Well, it is not _just_ that IMHO. My proposal: > > > > "LyX

Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-29 Thread Les Denham
On Thursday 29 January 2009, Steve Litt wrote: > Yes it is, although creation and modification of styles is an order of > magnitude or two harder than with MS Word or WordPerfect. Contemplating the styles created by most MS Word "Power Users"* I can regard that "shortcoming" as a major

Who manages the Ubuntu repository for LyX? (Was: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?))

2009-01-28 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Wed, 28 Jan 2009, Nikos Alexandris wrote: With this phrase starts the description of LyX in Ubuntu's repositories. I think it should read: LyX is a WYSIWYM document processor. Anybody know's who should be contacted about that (if, of course, you _also_ disagree with the current

Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-28 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-01-27, Nikos Alexandris wrote: With this phrase starts the description of LyX in Ubuntu's repositories. This seems to be taken from the package description in Debian: Document Processor LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX. It makes the power and typesetting quality

Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-28 Thread Nikos Alexandris
On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 11:29 +, Guenter Milde wrote: On 2009-01-27, Nikos Alexandris wrote: With this phrase starts the description of LyX in Ubuntu's repositories. This seems to be taken from the package description in Debian: Document Processor LyX is an almost WYSIWYG

Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-28 Thread Steve Litt
leave it as LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX. To me, it's the most accurate description of the relationship between paper and work environment appearances. SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US

Who manages the Ubuntu repository for LyX? (Was: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?))

2009-01-28 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Wed, 28 Jan 2009, Nikos Alexandris wrote: With this phrase starts the description of LyX in Ubuntu's repositories. I think it should read: LyX is a WYSIWYM document processor. Anybody know's who should be contacted about that (if, of course, you _also_ disagree with the current

Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-28 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-01-27, Nikos Alexandris wrote: With this phrase starts the description of LyX in Ubuntu's repositories. This seems to be taken from the package description in Debian: Document Processor LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX. It makes the power and typesetting quality

Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-28 Thread Nikos Alexandris
On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 11:29 +, Guenter Milde wrote: On 2009-01-27, Nikos Alexandris wrote: With this phrase starts the description of LyX in Ubuntu's repositories. This seems to be taken from the package description in Debian: Document Processor LyX is an almost WYSIWYG

Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-28 Thread Steve Litt
leave it as LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX. To me, it's the most accurate description of the relationship between paper and work environment appearances. SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US

Who manages the Ubuntu repository for LyX? (Was: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?))

2009-01-28 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Wed, 28 Jan 2009, Nikos Alexandris wrote: With this phrase starts the description of LyX in Ubuntu's repositories. I think it should read: LyX is a WYSIWYM document processor. Anybody know's who should be contacted about that (if, of course, you _also_ disagree with the current

Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-28 Thread Guenter Milde
On 2009-01-27, Nikos Alexandris wrote: > With this phrase starts the description of LyX in Ubuntu's repositories. This seems to be taken from the package description in Debian: Document Processor LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX. It makes the power and typesetting qual

Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-28 Thread Nikos Alexandris
On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 11:29 +, Guenter Milde wrote: > On 2009-01-27, Nikos Alexandris wrote: > > With this phrase starts the description of LyX in Ubuntu's repositories. > > This seems to be taken from the package description in Debian: > >Document Processor >

Re: LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-28 Thread Steve Litt
t; >LyX is a graphical frontend for LaTeX. ... This sounds OK, but personally I'd just leave it as "LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX." To me, it's the most accurate description of the relationship between paper and work environment appearances. SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US

LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-27 Thread Nikos Alexandris
With this phrase starts the description of LyX in Ubuntu's repositories. I think it should read: LyX is a WYSIWYM document processor. Anybody know's who should be contacted about that (if, of course, you _also_ disagree with the current description)? Kind regards, Nikos

LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-27 Thread Nikos Alexandris
With this phrase starts the description of LyX in Ubuntu's repositories. I think it should read: LyX is a WYSIWYM document processor. Anybody know's who should be contacted about that (if, of course, you _also_ disagree with the current description)? Kind regards, Nikos

LyX is an almost WYSIWYG-frontend for LaTeX (?)

2009-01-27 Thread Nikos Alexandris
With this phrase starts the description of LyX in Ubuntu's repositories. I think it should read: LyX is a WYSIWYM document processor. Anybody know's who should be contacted about that (if, of course, you _also_ disagree with the current description)? Kind regards, Nikos