Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

On Friday 01 May 2009 02:23:04 pm Thomas Løcke wrote: 2009/4/29 Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com: Now I'm going to give you some very controversial advice, and many will argue with it. DO NOT use the facilities of your document class for your frontmatter -- instead use custom styles

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

On Friday 01 May 2009 02:23:04 pm Thomas Løcke wrote: 2009/4/29 Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com: Now I'm going to give you some very controversial advice, and many will argue with it. DO NOT use the facilities of your document class for your frontmatter -- instead use custom styles

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

On Friday 01 May 2009 02:23:04 pm Thomas Løcke wrote: > 2009/4/29 Steve Litt : > > Now I'm going to give you some very controversial advice, and many will > > argue with it. DO NOT use the facilities of your document class for your > > frontmatter -- instead use custom

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

2009/4/29 Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com: Hi Thomas, In my opinion, LyX is exactly the right tool for what you're doing. With its WYSIAWYG (What You See Is Almost What You Get) environment, you can pound out content as fast as your fingers can type, and never have to spend time

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

On Fri, 1 May 2009, Thomas L?cke wrote: I'm currently working my way through the tutorial and the user's guide, and already I'm impressed at how nice output looks. I can't quite put my finger on what it is, but there's definitely something slick about it. Word processors work with each line

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

Many like to use one file per chapter. Lyx can handle a single 150-page document, but you may get tired of scrolling around in it. I am not tired with a book of 726 pages. I always have outlook screen open. When I need go to any section, go by a click in TOC of outlook. Regards Marcelo

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

On May 1, 2009, at 1:42 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: I'm not quite sure I understand what you mean: If I don't use any of the styles of a document class, why use the class in the first place? Or am I missing something? When you select a document class it provides all the typographic styles

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

On Fri, 1 May 2009, Bruce Pourciau wrote: When you select a document class it provides all the typographic styles you need ... unless there's something specific and non-standard. The layout of an article is different from that of a report, and both are different from that of a book. Rich

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

On Fri, 1 May 2009 16:33:37 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote: On Fri, 1 May 2009, Bruce Pourciau wrote: When you select a document class it provides all the typographic styles you need ... unless there's something specific and non-standard. The layout of an article

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

2009/4/29 Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com: Hi Thomas, In my opinion, LyX is exactly the right tool for what you're doing. With its WYSIAWYG (What You See Is Almost What You Get) environment, you can pound out content as fast as your fingers can type, and never have to spend time

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

On Fri, 1 May 2009, Thomas L?cke wrote: I'm currently working my way through the tutorial and the user's guide, and already I'm impressed at how nice output looks. I can't quite put my finger on what it is, but there's definitely something slick about it. Word processors work with each line

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

Many like to use one file per chapter. Lyx can handle a single 150-page document, but you may get tired of scrolling around in it. I am not tired with a book of 726 pages. I always have outlook screen open. When I need go to any section, go by a click in TOC of outlook. Regards Marcelo

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

On May 1, 2009, at 1:42 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: I'm not quite sure I understand what you mean: If I don't use any of the styles of a document class, why use the class in the first place? Or am I missing something? When you select a document class it provides all the typographic styles

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

On Fri, 1 May 2009, Bruce Pourciau wrote: When you select a document class it provides all the typographic styles you need ... unless there's something specific and non-standard. The layout of an article is different from that of a report, and both are different from that of a book. Rich

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

On Fri, 1 May 2009 16:33:37 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote: On Fri, 1 May 2009, Bruce Pourciau wrote: When you select a document class it provides all the typographic styles you need ... unless there's something specific and non-standard. The layout of an article

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

2009/4/29 Steve Litt : > Hi Thomas, > > In my opinion, LyX is exactly the right tool for what you're doing. With its > WYSIAWYG (What You See Is Almost What You Get) environment, you can pound out > content as fast as your fingers can type, and never have to spend time >

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

On Fri, 1 May 2009, Thomas L?cke wrote: I'm currently working my way through the tutorial and the user's guide, and already I'm impressed at how nice output looks. I can't quite put my finger on what it is, but there's definitely something slick about it. Word processors work with each line

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

>> Many like to use one file per chapter. Lyx can handle a >> single 150-page document, but you may get tired of scrolling >> around in it. >> >I am not tired with a book of 726 pages. I always have outlook screen >open. >When I need go to any section, go by a click in TOC of outlook.

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

On May 1, 2009, at 1:42 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: I'm not quite sure I understand what you mean: If I don't use any of the styles of a document class, why use the class in the first place? Or am I missing something? When you select a document class it provides all the typographic styles

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

On Fri, 1 May 2009, Bruce Pourciau wrote: When you select a document class it provides all the typographic styles you need ... unless there's something specific and non-standard. The layout of an article is different from that of a report, and both are different from that of a book. Rich

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

On Fri, 1 May 2009 16:33:37 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 1 May 2009, Bruce Pourciau wrote: > > >> When you select a document class it provides all the typographic > >> styles you need ... unless there's something specific and > >> non-standard. The layout

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

Hello, But before I start writing, I'd like to ask if there are any good resources on using LyX for writing what is essentially a book on programming. You'd probably want to have a look at koma-script: ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script/scrguien.pdf Sincerely,

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

Thomas Løcke wrote: Hey, I'm about to start the process of writing the 2nd edition of a fairly long (+150 A4 pages) internal manual. It's about a set of software systems and programming practices in my business. The 1st edition was written using OpenOffice. I remember spending a lot of time

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

Hello, But before I start writing, I'd like to ask if there are any good resources on using LyX for writing what is essentially a book on programming. You'd probably want to have a look at koma-script: ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script/scrguien.pdf Sincerely,

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

Thomas Løcke wrote: Hey, I'm about to start the process of writing the 2nd edition of a fairly long (+150 A4 pages) internal manual. It's about a set of software systems and programming practices in my business. The 1st edition was written using OpenOffice. I remember spending a lot of time

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

Hello, > But before I start writing, I'd like to ask if there are any good > resources on using LyX for writing what is essentially a book on > programming. You'd probably want to have a look at koma-script: ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/koma-script/scrguien.pdf

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

Thomas Løcke wrote: Hey, I'm about to start the process of writing the 2nd edition of a fairly long (+150 A4 pages) internal manual. It's about a set of software systems and programming practices in my business. The 1st edition was written using OpenOffice. I remember spending a lot of time

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:19:34 +0200 Thomas Løcke thomas.granv...@gmail.com wrote: Hey, I'm about to start the process of writing the 2nd edition of a fairly long (+150 A4 pages) internal manual. It's about a set of software systems and programming practices in my business. The 1st edition

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

On 2009-04-29, Thomas Løcke wrote: But before I start writing, I'd like to ask if there are any good resources on using LyX for writing what is essentially a book on programming. I'd really like to avoid painting myself into a corner, like I did with OpenOffice. Writing a 150+ pages book

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

Guenter Milde mi...@... writes: Writing a 150+ pages book with LyX is a common task. No problem with my dissertation of 130+ (and growing) pages.

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

Thomas Løcke schrieb: But before I start writing, I'd like to ask if there are any good resources on using LyX for writing what is essentially a book on programming. I recommend that you work yourself through LyX's Intro _and_ Tutorial manual, that you find in LyX's Help menu, before you

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

Hey, I'm about to start the process of writing the 2nd edition of a fairly long (+150 A4 pages) internal manual. It's about a set of software systems and programming practices in my business. The 1st edition was written using OpenOffice. I remember spending a lot of time trying to

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

On Wednesday 29 April 2009 02:19:34 am Thomas Løcke wrote: Hey, I'm about to start the process of writing the 2nd edition of a fairly long (+150 A4 pages) internal manual. It's about a set of software systems and programming practices in my business. The 1st edition was written using

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:19:34 +0200 Thomas Løcke thomas.granv...@gmail.com wrote: Hey, I'm about to start the process of writing the 2nd edition of a fairly long (+150 A4 pages) internal manual. It's about a set of software systems and programming practices in my business. The 1st edition

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

On 2009-04-29, Thomas Løcke wrote: But before I start writing, I'd like to ask if there are any good resources on using LyX for writing what is essentially a book on programming. I'd really like to avoid painting myself into a corner, like I did with OpenOffice. Writing a 150+ pages book

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

Guenter Milde mi...@... writes: Writing a 150+ pages book with LyX is a common task. No problem with my dissertation of 130+ (and growing) pages.

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

Thomas Løcke schrieb: But before I start writing, I'd like to ask if there are any good resources on using LyX for writing what is essentially a book on programming. I recommend that you work yourself through LyX's Intro _and_ Tutorial manual, that you find in LyX's Help menu, before you

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

Hey, I'm about to start the process of writing the 2nd edition of a fairly long (+150 A4 pages) internal manual. It's about a set of software systems and programming practices in my business. The 1st edition was written using OpenOffice. I remember spending a lot of time trying to

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

On Wednesday 29 April 2009 02:19:34 am Thomas Løcke wrote: Hey, I'm about to start the process of writing the 2nd edition of a fairly long (+150 A4 pages) internal manual. It's about a set of software systems and programming practices in my business. The 1st edition was written using

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:19:34 +0200 Thomas Løcke wrote: > Hey, > > I'm about to start the process of writing the 2nd edition of a fairly > long (+150 A4 pages) internal manual. It's about a set of software > systems and programming practices in my business. The 1st

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

On 2009-04-29, Thomas Løcke wrote: > But before I start writing, I'd like to ask if there are any good > resources on using LyX for writing what is essentially a book on > programming. I'd really like to avoid painting myself into a corner, > like I did with OpenOffice. Writing a 150+ pages book

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

Guenter Milde writes: > Writing a 150+ pages book with LyX is a common task. No problem with my dissertation of 130+ (and growing) pages.

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

Thomas Løcke schrieb: But before I start writing, I'd like to ask if there are any good resources on using LyX for writing what is essentially a book on programming. I recommend that you work yourself through LyX's Intro _and_ Tutorial manual, that you find in LyX's Help menu, before you

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

> Hey, > > I'm about to start the process of writing the 2nd > edition of a fairly > long (+150 A4 pages) internal manual. It's about a set > of software > systems and programming practices in my business. The 1st > edition was > written using OpenOffice. I remember spending a lot of time >

Re: Using LyX for writing a very long manual

On Wednesday 29 April 2009 02:19:34 am Thomas Løcke wrote: > Hey, > > I'm about to start the process of writing the 2nd edition of a fairly > long (+150 A4 pages) internal manual. It's about a set of software > systems and programming practices in my business. The 1st edition was > written using