experiences with lyx 1.6.beta3

2008-07-03 Thread G. Milde
Dear LyX users, with help from Sven (http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-lyx-devel/2008-June/002729.html). I was able to install a test build or LyX 1.6.beta3 on my Debian/testing system. In order to be able to use 1.5.5 and 1.6.beta3 in parallel, I * copied the files from the

Re: experiences with lyx 1.6.beta3

2008-07-03 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
G. Milde wrote: I wonder whether it is save enaugh to use 1.6.beta3 for my phd thesis (no imminent deadline). I wouldn't strongly discourage using a devel version for such an important project. I fact, I was myself rather over-careful and waited for *.1 or *.2 version before I used a new

Re: experiences with lyx 1.6.beta3

2008-07-03 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Am Donnerstag, 3. Juli 2008 schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller: I wouldn't strongly discourage using a devel version Oops: I *would* strongly discourage this, actually. Jürgen

Re: experiences with lyx 1.6.beta3

2008-07-03 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: G. Milde wrote: I wonder whether it is save enaugh to use 1.6.beta3 for my phd thesis (no imminent deadline). I wouldn't strongly discourage using a devel version for such an important project. I fact, I was myself rather over-careful and waited for *.1 or *.2

Re: experiences with lyx 1.6.beta3

2008-07-03 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
G. Milde wrote: + Startup is faster. Glad you feel the difference :-) Some problems remain - Word deletion (Bug #3580) is not fixed in beta3. Bugzilla shows it is fixed in trunk and branch. Could a beta4 be released soon? You'll have to wake up José... DDDRNNGG, time has come

Re: experiences with lyx 1.6.beta3

2008-07-03 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
G. Milde [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In order to be able to use 1.5.5 and 1.6.beta3 in parallel, I * copied the files from the package to /usr/local/ * renamed /usr/local/bin/lyx to lyx-1.6 * copied my personal lyx dir to ~/.lyx16 * wrote a small script /usr/local/bin/lyx16:: #!/bin/sh

Re: experiences with lyx 1.6.beta3

2008-07-03 Thread G. Milde
On 3.07.08, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: G. Milde wrote: - Export to 1.5.x format creates a file with extension .lyx15 which OTOH is not found by LyX (if the default *.lyx filter is on). There is no way to specify the name of exported files (this is a generic problem, also in earlier

Re: experiences with lyx 1.6.beta3

2008-07-03 Thread G. Milde
On 3.07.08, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: G. Milde [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In order to be able to use 1.5.5 and 1.6.beta3 in parallel ... Did you try: ./configure --with-version-suffix=16 [...other flags] It allows to use several versions in parallel (and create the binary 'lyx16'). I

Re: experiences with lyx 1.6.beta3

2008-07-03 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
G. Milde [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I tried to compile lyx, but after trashing for some hours my computer crashed due to missing memory. So I installed a binary package. Compile with --enable-build-type=release, or simply with --disable-debug. The fix got in two days ago... It's just that

experiences with lyx 1.6.beta3

2008-07-03 Thread G. Milde
Dear LyX users, with help from Sven (http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-lyx-devel/2008-June/002729.html). I was able to install a test build or LyX 1.6.beta3 on my Debian/testing system. In order to be able to use 1.5.5 and 1.6.beta3 in parallel, I * copied the files from the

Re: experiences with lyx 1.6.beta3

2008-07-03 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
G. Milde wrote: I wonder whether it is save enaugh to use 1.6.beta3 for my phd thesis (no imminent deadline). I wouldn't strongly discourage using a devel version for such an important project. I fact, I was myself rather over-careful and waited for *.1 or *.2 version before I used a new

Re: experiences with lyx 1.6.beta3

2008-07-03 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Am Donnerstag, 3. Juli 2008 schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller: I wouldn't strongly discourage using a devel version Oops: I *would* strongly discourage this, actually. Jürgen

Re: experiences with lyx 1.6.beta3

2008-07-03 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: G. Milde wrote: I wonder whether it is save enaugh to use 1.6.beta3 for my phd thesis (no imminent deadline). I wouldn't strongly discourage using a devel version for such an important project. I fact, I was myself rather over-careful and waited for *.1 or *.2

Re: experiences with lyx 1.6.beta3

2008-07-03 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
G. Milde wrote: + Startup is faster. Glad you feel the difference :-) Some problems remain - Word deletion (Bug #3580) is not fixed in beta3. Bugzilla shows it is fixed in trunk and branch. Could a beta4 be released soon? You'll have to wake up José... DDDRNNGG, time has come

Re: experiences with lyx 1.6.beta3

2008-07-03 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
G. Milde [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In order to be able to use 1.5.5 and 1.6.beta3 in parallel, I * copied the files from the package to /usr/local/ * renamed /usr/local/bin/lyx to lyx-1.6 * copied my personal lyx dir to ~/.lyx16 * wrote a small script /usr/local/bin/lyx16:: #!/bin/sh

Re: experiences with lyx 1.6.beta3

2008-07-03 Thread G. Milde
On 3.07.08, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: G. Milde wrote: - Export to 1.5.x format creates a file with extension .lyx15 which OTOH is not found by LyX (if the default *.lyx filter is on). There is no way to specify the name of exported files (this is a generic problem, also in earlier

Re: experiences with lyx 1.6.beta3

2008-07-03 Thread G. Milde
On 3.07.08, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: G. Milde [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In order to be able to use 1.5.5 and 1.6.beta3 in parallel ... Did you try: ./configure --with-version-suffix=16 [...other flags] It allows to use several versions in parallel (and create the binary 'lyx16'). I

Re: experiences with lyx 1.6.beta3

2008-07-03 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
G. Milde [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I tried to compile lyx, but after trashing for some hours my computer crashed due to missing memory. So I installed a binary package. Compile with --enable-build-type=release, or simply with --disable-debug. The fix got in two days ago... It's just that

experiences with lyx 1.6.beta3

2008-07-03 Thread G. Milde
Dear LyX users, with help from Sven (http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-lyx-devel/2008-June/002729.html). I was able to install a test build or LyX 1.6.beta3 on my Debian/testing system. In order to be able to use 1.5.5 and 1.6.beta3 in parallel, I * copied the files from the

Re: experiences with lyx 1.6.beta3

2008-07-03 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
G. Milde wrote: > I wonder whether it is save enaugh to use 1.6.beta3 for my phd thesis (no > imminent deadline). I wouldn't strongly discourage using a devel version for such an important project. I fact, I was myself rather over-careful and waited for *.1 or *.2 version before I used a new

Re: experiences with lyx 1.6.beta3

2008-07-03 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Am Donnerstag, 3. Juli 2008 schrieb Jürgen Spitzmüller: > I wouldn't strongly discourage using a devel version Oops: I *would* strongly discourage this, actually. Jürgen

Re: experiences with lyx 1.6.beta3

2008-07-03 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: G. Milde wrote: I wonder whether it is save enaugh to use 1.6.beta3 for my phd thesis (no imminent deadline). I wouldn't strongly discourage using a devel version for such an important project. I fact, I was myself rather over-careful and waited for *.1 or *.2

Re: experiences with lyx 1.6.beta3

2008-07-03 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
G. Milde wrote: + Startup is faster. Glad you feel the difference :-) Some problems remain - Word deletion (Bug #3580) is not fixed in beta3. Bugzilla shows it is "fixed in trunk and branch". Could a beta4 be released soon? You'll have to wake up José... DDDRNNGG, time has

Re: experiences with lyx 1.6.beta3

2008-07-03 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
"G. Milde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In order to be able to use 1.5.5 and 1.6.beta3 in parallel, I > > * copied the files from the package to /usr/local/ > * renamed /usr/local/bin/lyx to lyx-1.6 > * copied my personal lyx dir to ~/.lyx16 > * wrote a small script /usr/local/bin/lyx16:: > >

Re: experiences with lyx 1.6.beta3

2008-07-03 Thread G. Milde
On 3.07.08, Abdelrazak Younes wrote: > G. Milde wrote: >> - Export to 1.5.x format creates a file with extension .lyx15 which >> OTOH is not found by LyX (if the default *.lyx filter is on). >> There is no way to specify the name of exported files (this is a >> generic problem, also in

Re: experiences with lyx 1.6.beta3

2008-07-03 Thread G. Milde
On 3.07.08, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > "G. Milde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > In order to be able to use 1.5.5 and 1.6.beta3 in parallel ... > Did you try: > ./configure --with-version-suffix=16 [...other flags] > It allows to use several versions in parallel (and create the binary >

Re: experiences with lyx 1.6.beta3

2008-07-03 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
"G. Milde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I tried to compile lyx, but after trashing for some hours my computer > crashed due to missing memory. So I installed a binary package. Compile with --enable-build-type=release, or simply with --disable-debug. >> The fix got in two days ago... > > It's