Re: Copyrights of material contributed to the wiki (Was: Layout..)

2006-06-19 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 10:29:00AM +0200, Georg Baum wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do we choose BSD or GPL for the default? Out of habit I'd lean towards GPL, and also because that is what I'd expect if I never bothered to read the Copyrights page. I'd say GPL. I did not follow this

Re: Layout copyright; was: Re: Sharing layout files

2006-06-19 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 01:57:26PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: On Friday 16 June 2006 11:50 am, you wrote: The real first question is whether a layout file can be covered by copyright to begin with. As I pointed out before, one good example is fonts. While their names can be copyrighted,

Re: Confused about Lyx's goals -- isn't this supposed to increase productivity?

2006-06-19 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 09:21:44AM -0400, Jeremy Wells wrote: I suppose what I'm hoping for is someone to say 1) no, you're wrong, because...; 2) wait x number of years and we'll be there; or 3) if you don't like coding, use a different tool. It's not 1). Could be 2) for sufficiently large

Re: Copyrights of material contributed to the wiki (Was: Layout..)

2006-06-19 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 10:29:00AM +0200, Georg Baum wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do we choose BSD or GPL for the default? Out of habit I'd lean towards GPL, and also because that is what I'd expect if I never bothered to read the Copyrights page. I'd say GPL. I did not follow this

Re: Layout copyright; was: Re: Sharing layout files

2006-06-19 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 01:57:26PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Friday 16 June 2006 11:50 am, you wrote: > > The real first question is whether a layout file can be covered by > > copyright to begin with. > > > > As I pointed out before, one good example is fonts. While their names > > can be

Re: Confused about Lyx's goals -- isn't this supposed to increase productivity?

2006-06-19 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 09:21:44AM -0400, Jeremy Wells wrote: > I suppose what I'm hoping for is someone to say 1) "no, you're wrong, > because..."; 2) "wait x number of years and we'll be there"; or 3) "if you > don't like coding, use a different tool." It's not 1). Could be 2) for

Re: Copyrights of material contributed to the wiki (Was: Layout..)

2006-06-19 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 10:29:00AM +0200, Georg Baum wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Do we choose BSD or GPL for the default? Out of habit I'd lean towards > > GPL, and also because that is what I'd expect if I never bothered to read > > the Copyrights page. > > I'd say GPL. I did not

Re: Layout copyright; was: Re: Sharing layout files

2006-06-17 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 08:36:09AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: In a related thread somebody mentioned GPL wouldn't be good because some people use LyX for commercial purposes. I'd imagine the only thing being sold are the pdf or paper output (please let me know if you think I'm wrong), and I'd

Re: Layout copyright; was: Re: Sharing layout files

2006-06-17 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 08:36:09AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: In a related thread somebody mentioned GPL wouldn't be good because some people use LyX for commercial purposes. I'd imagine the only thing being sold are the pdf or paper output (please let me know if you think I'm wrong), and I'd

Re: Layout copyright; was: Re: Sharing layout files

2006-06-17 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 08:36:09AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > In a related thread somebody mentioned GPL wouldn't be good because > some people use LyX for commercial purposes. I'd imagine the only > thing being sold are the pdf or paper output (please let me know if > you think I'm wrong), and

Re: Some interesting comments from a TeX veteran

2006-05-30 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 07:35:21PM -0500, David Neeley wrote: I had an interesting note from a gentleman who has been using TeX for about twenty years. He edits and packages books and creates indexes for them as well as part of his publication services, using TeX every day in his work. He

Re: Some interesting comments from a TeX veteran

2006-05-30 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 07:35:21PM -0500, David Neeley wrote: I had an interesting note from a gentleman who has been using TeX for about twenty years. He edits and packages books and creates indexes for them as well as part of his publication services, using TeX every day in his work. He

Re: Some interesting comments from a TeX veteran

2006-05-30 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 07:35:21PM -0500, David Neeley wrote: > I had an interesting note from a gentleman who has been using TeX for > about twenty years. He edits and packages books and creates indexes > for them as well as part of his publication services, using TeX every > day in his work. >

Re: equation arrays

2006-05-16 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 10:04:20PM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Andre == Andre Poenitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Andre As I said: The current behaviour was implemented explicitly as Andre response to a very detailed user-request. Andre I don't like it particularily, but I don't like

Re: equation arrays

2006-05-16 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 10:04:20PM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Andre == Andre Poenitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Andre As I said: The current behaviour was implemented explicitly as Andre response to a very detailed user-request. Andre I don't like it particularily, but I don't like

Re: equation arrays

2006-05-16 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 10:04:20PM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >>>>> "Andre" == Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Andre> As I said: The current behaviour was implemented explicitly as > Andre> response to a very detailed user-r

Re: equation arrays

2006-05-15 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 11:23:03AM +0200, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Ilya Soifer wrote: I want it to be a 3x3 array (so that A's are aligned '=''s are aligned and B+C's are aligned. In Lyx 1.3 it was sufficient to write A=B+C and then to Ctrl-ENTER somewhere in the middle of the formula to get such

Re: equation arrays

2006-05-15 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 11:23:03AM +0200, Uwe Stöhr wrote: Ilya Soifer wrote: I want it to be a 3x3 array (so that A's are aligned '=''s are aligned and B+C's are aligned. In Lyx 1.3 it was sufficient to write A=B+C and then to Ctrl-ENTER somewhere in the middle of the formula to get such

Re: equation arrays

2006-05-15 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 11:23:03AM +0200, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > Ilya Soifer wrote: > > >I want it to be a 3x3 array (so that A's are aligned '=''s are aligned > >and B+C's are aligned. > >In Lyx 1.3 it was sufficient to write A=B+C and then to Ctrl-ENTER > >somewhere in the middle of the formula to

Re: Error: Could not read configuration file

2006-05-14 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 11:59:51AM -0400, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Sebastian Schetter wrote: Hello Paul! Great, it worked. Problem was in fact the not installed path variable. (C:\Programme\LyX141\bin on my system) Maybe it wasn't installed, because my Wind2k is configured in German?! So

Re: Error: Could not read configuration file

2006-05-14 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 11:59:51AM -0400, Paul A. Rubin wrote: Sebastian Schetter wrote: Hello Paul! Great, it worked. Problem was in fact the not installed path variable. (C:\Programme\LyX141\bin on my system) Maybe it wasn't installed, because my Wind2k is configured in German?! So

Re: Error: Could not read configuration file

2006-05-14 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 11:59:51AM -0400, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > Sebastian Schetter wrote: > >Hello Paul! > >Great, it worked. Problem was in fact the not installed path variable. > >(C:\Programme\LyX141\bin on my system) Maybe it wasn't installed, > >because my Wind2k is configured in German?!

Re: Good Morning

2006-05-09 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 02:59:43PM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Andre == Andre Poenitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Andre Which is a pretty stupid thing to do. Andre If I just want some minor changes to cutpaste someplace else Andre it is ridiculous to require a SaveAs first. You

Re: Good Morning

2006-05-09 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 02:59:43PM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: Andre == Andre Poenitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Andre Which is a pretty stupid thing to do. Andre If I just want some minor changes to cutpaste someplace else Andre it is ridiculous to require a SaveAs first. You

Re: Good Morning

2006-05-09 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 02:59:43PM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > >>>>> "Andre" == Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Andre> Which is a pretty stupid thing to do. > > Andre> If I just want some minor changes to cut someplac

Re: Good Morning

2006-05-08 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 02:51:22PM +0200, Georg Baum wrote: Sarah Gray wrote: Hello, I have recently been given a laptop that runs Windows XP with Service Pack 2. I just downloaded LYX but I have a problem. When I attempt to open my documents from my CD, I get only a read only

Re: Good Morning

2006-05-08 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 02:51:22PM +0200, Georg Baum wrote: Sarah Gray wrote: Hello, I have recently been given a laptop that runs Windows XP with Service Pack 2. I just downloaded LYX but I have a problem. When I attempt to open my documents from my CD, I get only a read only

Re: Good Morning

2006-05-08 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 02:51:22PM +0200, Georg Baum wrote: > Sarah Gray wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I have recently been given a laptop that runs Windows XP with Service Pack > > 2. I just downloaded LYX but I have a problem. When I attempt to open my > > documents from my CD, I get only a read

Re: Presenting LyX in a local TV

2006-04-27 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 09:32:44AM +0200, Helge Hafting wrote: Some ideas: Tell about LyX strengths: [...] * LyX is also snappy to work with, and doesn't crash. I wouldn't stress that point too much... Andre'

Re: Presenting LyX in a local TV

2006-04-27 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 09:32:44AM +0200, Helge Hafting wrote: Some ideas: Tell about LyX strengths: [...] * LyX is also snappy to work with, and doesn't crash. I wouldn't stress that point too much... Andre'

Re: Presenting LyX in a local TV

2006-04-27 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 09:32:44AM +0200, Helge Hafting wrote: > Some ideas: > Tell about LyX strengths: > [...] > * LyX is also snappy to work with, and doesn't crash. I wouldn't stress that point too much... Andre'

Re: Simple question - howto enter macro w/args

2006-04-25 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 11:24:36AM -0400, Richard Heck wrote: In Lyx 1.3.x, you can do this by typing \[ and then \{. Oddly enough, escaping them yourself makes Lyx not escape them! We had a full iteration of this going back and forth between 'do waht LaTeX does' and 'do what the naive user

Re: Simple question - howto enter macro w/args

2006-04-25 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 11:24:36AM -0400, Richard Heck wrote: In Lyx 1.3.x, you can do this by typing \[ and then \{. Oddly enough, escaping them yourself makes Lyx not escape them! We had a full iteration of this going back and forth between 'do waht LaTeX does' and 'do what the naive user

Re: Simple question - howto enter macro w/args

2006-04-25 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 11:24:36AM -0400, Richard Heck wrote: > > In Lyx 1.3.x, you can do this by typing "\[" and then "\{". Oddly > enough, escaping them yourself makes Lyx not escape them! We had a full iteration of this going back and forth between 'do waht LaTeX does' and 'do what the

Re: some problems with 1.4.1 for windows

2006-04-13 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 09:40:04AM +0200, Olivier Ripoll wrote: I have entered the path within double quotes. spaces in filenames and paths are 100% legitimate in linux and windows and very common on Windows. They are 100% pain in the ***, on both Linux and Windows, because some programs

Re: some problems with 1.4.1 for windows

2006-04-13 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 09:40:04AM +0200, Olivier Ripoll wrote: I have entered the path within double quotes. spaces in filenames and paths are 100% legitimate in linux and windows and very common on Windows. They are 100% pain in the ***, on both Linux and Windows, because some programs

Re: some problems with 1.4.1 for windows

2006-04-13 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 09:40:04AM +0200, Olivier Ripoll wrote: > I have entered the path within double quotes. spaces in > filenames and paths are 100% legitimate in linux and windows and very > common on Windows. They are 100% pain in the ***, on both Linux and Windows, because some programs

Re: subject

2006-03-27 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 01:42:10PM +0900, Ride_Ride_Ride wrote: I'm sorry that my question(s) is not associated with Lyx itself, but I have another question about this Lyx ML. Why this ML doesn't use Reply-to? Because this is generally a bad idea. Therer are pointers in the archives

Re: subject

2006-03-27 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 01:42:10PM +0900, Ride_Ride_Ride wrote: I'm sorry that my question(s) is not associated with Lyx itself, but I have another question about this Lyx ML. Why this ML doesn't use Reply-to? Because this is generally a bad idea. Therer are pointers in the archives

Re: subject

2006-03-27 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 01:42:10PM +0900, Ride_Ride_Ride wrote: > I'm sorry that my question(s) is not associated with Lyx itself, but I > have another question about this Lyx ML. > > Why this ML doesn't use "Reply-to"? Because this is generally a bad idea. Therer are pointers in the archives

Re: Possible feature enhancement?

2006-03-15 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 02:17:20PM +0100, Nicholas Allen wrote: I am surprised that Lyx can generate invalid latex output. I would have thought that it could make sure the user did not create invalid documents. For example, if I am in a section header and I insert a table then this makes no

Re: Possible feature enhancement?

2006-03-15 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 02:17:20PM +0100, Nicholas Allen wrote: I am surprised that Lyx can generate invalid latex output. I would have thought that it could make sure the user did not create invalid documents. For example, if I am in a section header and I insert a table then this makes no

Re: Possible feature enhancement?

2006-03-15 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 02:17:20PM +0100, Nicholas Allen wrote: > I am surprised that Lyx can generate invalid latex output. I would have > thought that it could make sure the user did not create invalid > documents. For example, if I am in a section header and I insert a table > then this

Re: How to convert letter to math symbol/font in 1.3+?

2006-02-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 03:45:16PM +1300, John McCabe-Dansted wrote: I recall that in 1.2 we could convert a ordinary letter to math font simply by selecting it and pressing cntl-M. In 1.3 it converts it into math mode, but leaves it in the original font. Is there an easy way to convert

Re: Automatic formatting of a particular word?

2006-02-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 02:36:01PM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote: On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: ... how can I get this behavior with any word? Good question. Maybe Herbert or someone else can help. That's like the user calling the help desk because she cannot find the any key

Re: Automatic formatting of a particular word?

2006-02-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 10:58:38PM +0100, Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: Joerg Hau writes: Inserting ERT in the text is exactly the opposite of what I want to do. An example of what I am looking for: Open a document in LyX, write e.g. LyX is a kind of LaTeX frontend (upper/lowercase!), and go to

Re: lyx compatibility to MsWord etc

2006-02-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 08:50:45AM -0800, Tom Tom wrote: I have read something about lyx-latex-rtf-doc . This sounds not really promising, I guess all the layout will be lost?! Any ideas / experience with something like that? Yes. It basically does not work properly. However, as your

Re: lyx compatibility to MsWord etc

2006-02-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 11:09:48AM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote: On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, Andre Poenitz wrote: However, as your professors aren't supposed to mess around with your thesis, producing a .pdf should be completely sufficient. Andre', Who are you kidding? Thesis/dissertation

Re: How to convert letter to math symbol/font in 1.3+?

2006-02-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 03:45:16PM +1300, John McCabe-Dansted wrote: I recall that in 1.2 we could convert a ordinary letter to math font simply by selecting it and pressing cntl-M. In 1.3 it converts it into math mode, but leaves it in the original font. Is there an easy way to convert

Re: Automatic formatting of a particular word?

2006-02-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 02:36:01PM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote: On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: ... how can I get this behavior with any word? Good question. Maybe Herbert or someone else can help. That's like the user calling the help desk because she cannot find the any key

Re: Automatic formatting of a particular word?

2006-02-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 10:58:38PM +0100, Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: Joerg Hau writes: Inserting ERT in the text is exactly the opposite of what I want to do. An example of what I am looking for: Open a document in LyX, write e.g. LyX is a kind of LaTeX frontend (upper/lowercase!), and go to

Re: lyx compatibility to MsWord etc

2006-02-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 08:50:45AM -0800, Tom Tom wrote: I have read something about lyx-latex-rtf-doc . This sounds not really promising, I guess all the layout will be lost?! Any ideas / experience with something like that? Yes. It basically does not work properly. However, as your

Re: lyx compatibility to MsWord etc

2006-02-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 11:09:48AM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote: On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, Andre Poenitz wrote: However, as your professors aren't supposed to mess around with your thesis, producing a .pdf should be completely sufficient. Andre', Who are you kidding? Thesis/dissertation

Re: How to convert letter to math symbol/font in 1.3+?

2006-02-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 03:45:16PM +1300, John McCabe-Dansted wrote: > I recall that in 1.2 we could convert a ordinary letter to math font > simply by selecting it and pressing cntl-M. In 1.3 it converts it into > math mode, but leaves it in the original font. > > Is there an easy way to convert

Re: Automatic formatting of a particular word?

2006-02-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 02:36:01PM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: > > >>... how can I get this behavior with "any" word? > > > >Good question. Maybe Herbert or someone else can help. > > That's like the user calling the help desk because she cannot find

Re: Automatic formatting of a particular word?

2006-02-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 10:58:38PM +0100, Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: > Joerg Hau writes: > > Inserting ERT in the text is exactly the opposite of what I want to > > do. > > > > An example of what I am looking for: Open a document in LyX, write > > e.g. "LyX is a kind of LaTeX frontend"

Re: lyx compatibility to MsWord etc

2006-02-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 08:50:45AM -0800, Tom Tom wrote: > I have read something about lyx->latex->rtf->doc . > This sounds not really promising, I guess all the > layout will be lost?! > > Any ideas / experience with something like that? Yes. It basically does not work properly. However, as

Re: lyx compatibility to MsWord etc

2006-02-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 11:09:48AM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 22 Feb 2006, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > >However, as your professors aren't supposed to mess around with your > >thesis, producing a .pdf should be completely sufficient. > > Andre', > >

Re: Using XY packages

2006-02-17 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 07:35:14PM -0600, Stacia Hartleben wrote: Wow, I actually did get it to work, which is sad since the support is going away in 1.4! It will come back. If I had known that only a single person was actively using that thing I would not have removed it. Andre'

Re: Using XY packages

2006-02-17 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 07:35:14PM -0600, Stacia Hartleben wrote: Wow, I actually did get it to work, which is sad since the support is going away in 1.4! It will come back. If I had known that only a single person was actively using that thing I would not have removed it. Andre'

Re: Using XY packages

2006-02-17 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 07:35:14PM -0600, Stacia Hartleben wrote: > Wow, I actually did get it to work, which is sad since the support is > going away in 1.4! It will come back. If I had known that only a single person was actively using that thing I would not have removed it. Andre'

Re: OT: Converter matrix to picture

2006-02-03 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 12:35:14PM +, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All This may be a bit out of topic. I have a matrix of ones and zeros with which I would like to produce a picture in such a way that the ones would be represented in black, say, and the zeros in yellow. Does somebody know of

Re: LyX is getting... very annoying.

2006-02-03 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 09:09:40AM +0100, Helge Hafting wrote: Marc D. wrote: I have created a rather large lyx file (all my course notes). In one section, I can't get it to work. I have reduced the problem to a minimum. There are 3 characters on my screen, in two lines. I get SIX errors

Re: OT: Converter matrix to picture

2006-02-03 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 12:35:14PM +, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All This may be a bit out of topic. I have a matrix of ones and zeros with which I would like to produce a picture in such a way that the ones would be represented in black, say, and the zeros in yellow. Does somebody know of

Re: LyX is getting... very annoying.

2006-02-03 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 09:09:40AM +0100, Helge Hafting wrote: Marc D. wrote: I have created a rather large lyx file (all my course notes). In one section, I can't get it to work. I have reduced the problem to a minimum. There are 3 characters on my screen, in two lines. I get SIX errors

Re: OT: Converter matrix to picture

2006-02-03 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 12:35:14PM +, Paul Smith wrote: > Dear All > > This may be a bit out of topic. I have a matrix of ones and zeros with > which I would like to produce a picture in such a way that the ones > would be represented in black, say, and the zeros in yellow. Does > somebody

Re: LyX is getting... very annoying.

2006-02-03 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 09:09:40AM +0100, Helge Hafting wrote: > Marc D. wrote: > > >I have created a rather large lyx file (all my course notes). In one > >section, I can't get it to work. I have reduced the problem to a > >minimum. There are 3 characters on my screen, in two lines. > > > >I get

Re: [OT] Re: kerning of letters with hyphen not so great

2006-01-26 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 09:43:30PM +0100, Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: Andre Poenitz writes: On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 08:55:27PM +0100, Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: Andre Poenitz writes: I'd guess it's almost impossible to get kerning right in all circumstances. There can't be too many more than

Re: [OT] Re: kerning of letters with hyphen not so great

2006-01-26 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 09:43:30PM +0100, Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: Andre Poenitz writes: On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 08:55:27PM +0100, Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: Andre Poenitz writes: I'd guess it's almost impossible to get kerning right in all circumstances. There can't be too many more than

Re: [OT] Re: kerning of letters with hyphen not so great

2006-01-26 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 09:43:30PM +0100, Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: > Andre Poenitz writes: > > On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 08:55:27PM +0100, Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: > > > Andre Poenitz writes: > > > > I'd guess it's almost impossible to get kerning right in all > >

Re: find equation labels in a lyx document

2006-01-25 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 01:50:13PM -0600, David Halpern wrote: Andre, Thanks, but I was hoping that lyx was an editor with this relatively simple capability. You are welcome to implement this relatively simple capability. This is about the way LyX got all the other simple capabilities...

Re: word-wrap and itemize

2006-01-25 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 01:46:42PM -0800, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: Thank you Todd and Johan for the further ideas. I think in my case, I don't want hyphenation, but I want latex to automatically wrap the word going into the margin to the next line AND justify the line to make up for the moved

Re: kerning of letters with hyphen not so great

2006-01-25 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 08:55:27PM +0100, Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: Andre Poenitz writes: I'd guess it's almost impossible to get kerning right in all circumstances. That sounds like a NASA (space shuttle) answer. ;-) Now, if they'd paid me like a NASA engineer ... There can't be too many

Re: right-click vs. double-click

2006-01-25 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 11:44:15AM +0100, Helge Hafting wrote: Be aware that lyx runs on other platforms than windows, where double-clicks aren't used much. Not having double- clicks is a good thing, because they are bad user interface. Double-clicks fail too easily, is a lost cause for the

Re: find equation labels in a lyx document

2006-01-25 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 01:50:13PM -0600, David Halpern wrote: Andre, Thanks, but I was hoping that lyx was an editor with this relatively simple capability. You are welcome to implement this relatively simple capability. This is about the way LyX got all the other simple capabilities...

Re: word-wrap and itemize

2006-01-25 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 01:46:42PM -0800, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: Thank you Todd and Johan for the further ideas. I think in my case, I don't want hyphenation, but I want latex to automatically wrap the word going into the margin to the next line AND justify the line to make up for the moved

Re: kerning of letters with hyphen not so great

2006-01-25 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 08:55:27PM +0100, Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: Andre Poenitz writes: I'd guess it's almost impossible to get kerning right in all circumstances. That sounds like a NASA (space shuttle) answer. ;-) Now, if they'd paid me like a NASA engineer ... There can't be too many

Re: right-click vs. double-click

2006-01-25 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 11:44:15AM +0100, Helge Hafting wrote: Be aware that lyx runs on other platforms than windows, where double-clicks aren't used much. Not having double- clicks is a good thing, because they are bad user interface. Double-clicks fail too easily, is a lost cause for the

Re: find equation labels in a lyx document

2006-01-25 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 01:50:13PM -0600, David Halpern wrote: > Andre, Thanks, but I was hoping that lyx was an editor with this > relatively simple capability. You are welcome to implement this relatively simple capability. This is about the way LyX got all the other simple capabilities...

Re: word-wrap and itemize

2006-01-25 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 01:46:42PM -0800, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > Thank you Todd and Johan for the further ideas. > > I think in my case, I don't want hyphenation, but I want latex to > automatically wrap the word going into the margin to the next line AND > justify the line to make up for the

Re: kerning of letters with hyphen not so great

2006-01-25 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 08:55:27PM +0100, Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: > Andre Poenitz writes: > > I'd guess it's almost impossible to get kerning right in all > > circumstances. > > That sounds like a NASA (space shuttle) answer. ;-) Now, if they'd paid me like a NASA engine

Re: right-click vs. double-click

2006-01-25 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 11:44:15AM +0100, Helge Hafting wrote: > Be aware that lyx runs on other platforms than windows, > where double-clicks aren't used much. Not having double- > clicks is a good thing, because they are bad user interface. > Double-clicks fail too easily, is a lost cause for

Re: kerning of letters with hyphen not so great

2006-01-23 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 07:09:10PM +0100, Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: I must say that I am somewhat disappointed at the lack of kerning of letter combinations such as -W in the word non-Western. This is using the standard CM font. To get the hyphen to appear visually balanced in non-Western I am

Re: kerning of letters with hyphen not so great

2006-01-23 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 07:09:10PM +0100, Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: I must say that I am somewhat disappointed at the lack of kerning of letter combinations such as -W in the word non-Western. This is using the standard CM font. To get the hyphen to appear visually balanced in non-Western I am

Re: kerning of letters with hyphen not so great

2006-01-23 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 07:09:10PM +0100, Kevin Pfeiffer wrote: > I must say that I am somewhat disappointed at the lack of kerning of > letter combinations such as "-W" in the word "non-Western". This is > using the standard CM font. To get the hyphen to appear visually > balanced in

Re: find equation labels in a lyx document

2006-01-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 11:18:23AM -0600, David Halpern wrote: I would like to be able to find equation labels, say eq:eq1, in a lyx document to check whether they are being referenced to in the text. How does one do this? I am not sure this is possible in LyX itself. But you can open the .lyx

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.3.7 is released

2006-01-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 10:59:29PM +, Enrico Forestieri wrote: Andre Poenitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there a bugzilla entry for this? Here it is: http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2234 Thanks. Andre'

Re: find equation labels in a lyx document

2006-01-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 11:18:23AM -0600, David Halpern wrote: I would like to be able to find equation labels, say eq:eq1, in a lyx document to check whether they are being referenced to in the text. How does one do this? I am not sure this is possible in LyX itself. But you can open the .lyx

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.3.7 is released

2006-01-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 10:59:29PM +, Enrico Forestieri wrote: Andre Poenitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is there a bugzilla entry for this? Here it is: http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2234 Thanks. Andre'

Re: find equation labels in a lyx document

2006-01-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 11:18:23AM -0600, David Halpern wrote: > I would like to be able to find equation labels, say eq:eq1, in a lyx > document to check whether they are being referenced to in the text. > How does one do this? I am not sure this is possible in LyX itself. But you can open the

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.3.7 is released

2006-01-22 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 10:59:29PM +, Enrico Forestieri wrote: > Andre Poenitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Is there a bugzilla entry for this? > > Here it is: > http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2234 Thanks. Andre'

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.3.7 is released

2006-01-21 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 10:45:03AM +0100, Sven Schreiber wrote: One question about that: am I right in assuming that Uwe's Windows installer of 1.3.7 will bundle tex2lyx so that proper (meaning non-relyx) latex import becomes a reality with 1.3.7? (That is basically the only missing feature

Re: 1.3.7 and 1.4

2006-01-21 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 10:59:37AM +, Geoffrey Lloyd wrote: Hi I just wondered if anyone knew the timescale for 1.4 release. I know that 1.4pre3 has been available since christmas and this is nearly the final version. The reason I ask is that with the release of 1.3.7 I have to

Re: Business letter (on letterhead) template for LyX - simple _working_ minipage solution

2006-01-21 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 03:49:44PM +0100, Herbert Voss wrote: Helge Hafting wrote: Latex does not seem to offer a proper way of aligning boxes by the box top, but there is a simple workaround. TeX offers everything ... Except undoing paragraph breaks. SCNR. Andre'

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.3.7 is released

2006-01-21 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 03:21:41PM +, Enrico Forestieri wrote: Andre Poenitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Be cautious. tex2lyx is not perfect when importing LaTeX and I doubt any tool ever will be. But it should not be worse than reLyX. It can be worse than reLyX. Try to import

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.3.7 is released

2006-01-21 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 10:45:03AM +0100, Sven Schreiber wrote: One question about that: am I right in assuming that Uwe's Windows installer of 1.3.7 will bundle tex2lyx so that proper (meaning non-relyx) latex import becomes a reality with 1.3.7? (That is basically the only missing feature

Re: 1.3.7 and 1.4

2006-01-21 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 10:59:37AM +, Geoffrey Lloyd wrote: Hi I just wondered if anyone knew the timescale for 1.4 release. I know that 1.4pre3 has been available since christmas and this is nearly the final version. The reason I ask is that with the release of 1.3.7 I have to

Re: Business letter (on letterhead) template for LyX - simple _working_ minipage solution

2006-01-21 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Fri, Jan 20, 2006 at 03:49:44PM +0100, Herbert Voss wrote: Helge Hafting wrote: Latex does not seem to offer a proper way of aligning boxes by the box top, but there is a simple workaround. TeX offers everything ... Except undoing paragraph breaks. SCNR. Andre'

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.3.7 is released

2006-01-21 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 03:21:41PM +, Enrico Forestieri wrote: Andre Poenitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Be cautious. tex2lyx is not perfect when importing LaTeX and I doubt any tool ever will be. But it should not be worse than reLyX. It can be worse than reLyX. Try to import

Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 1.3.7 is released

2006-01-21 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 10:45:03AM +0100, Sven Schreiber wrote: > One question about that: am I right in assuming that Uwe's Windows > installer of 1.3.7 will bundle tex2lyx so that proper (meaning non-relyx) > latex import becomes a reality with 1.3.7? (That is basically the only > missing

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