Re: Has anyone tried LyX on rollApp?

[P . Marcum]

Scott Kostyshak  lyx.org> writes:

> 
> LyX can be used through a webbrowser on the cloud at rollApp. There are
> many reasons not to do this, but I'm curious if anyone has actually used
> this for any serious work?
> 
> I just tried it out for a test run. It is easy:
> 
> 1. go to https://www.rollapp.com/app/lyx
> 2. click "Launch Online"
> 3. choose "Test Drive"
> 
> Scott
> 


I have considered using it for serious work (e.g., to write grant proposals
and professional science papers with my research team).  LyX on rollApp
looked like an answer to a long quest for something that satisfied my
following 3 criteria:  1) must allow "track changes" that can be accepted or
not, in an easy-to-use approach similar to that of MS Word; 2) allow one to
see the cursor carets of other collaborators, just like in Google Doc, so
that one knows what part of the document that another team member is editing
at that moment, thereby avoiding an unanticipated battle-for-words in a
sentence; and 3) (not a hard requirement, but a nice-to-have) works directly
from Google Drive, so that one doesn't have papers scattered across the
internet in various stand-alone archives (e.g., Overleaf, SharelaTex, etc).
 But here was the show-stopper:  I could not figure out how to get LyX on
rollApp to incorporate the Document Class that I needed for the journal that
I was submitting the paper to.  "Document -> Settings" and then looking at
the pull-down menu under "Document Class", the file that I needed was
listed, but was grayed out, and I couldn't figure out what to do to make the
software accept/upload the desired .cls file.  Any ideas on how to resolve
this problem?  If I could get past this problem, I'd use this tool as my
primary collaborative tool in a heartbeat. (Even though I did find the
interface to be a bit sluggish at times, and it would even freeze on occasion). 

Re: Has anyone tried LyX on rollApp?

[Scott Kostyshak]

On Mon, Dec 07, 2015 at 09:43:33AM +0100, Murat Yildizoglu wrote:
> Hi Paola,
> I have had also exactly the same experience and I have signaled it to them.
> Too slow to be really useful at this stage, and I regret it a lot.
> I have also met keyboard and keyboard shortcuts problem using my Logitech
> case's keyboard.
> 
> I am totally seduced by the idea and I look forward to it when it will
> become a reliable solution on the tablets.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Murat

Interesting. Thank you for the comments. I cannot imagine working with
LyX on a tablet, but I also have trouble imagining reading a book on a
tablet so I'm not the normal person.

Scott

> 2015-12-07 9:21 GMT+01:00 Paola Manzini :
> 
> >
> >
> > On 7 December 2015 07:00:14 GMT+00:00, Scott Kostyshak 
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> LyX can be used through a webbrowser on the cloud at rollApp. There are
> >> many reasons not to do this, but I'm curious if anyone has actually used
> >> this for any serious work?
> >>
> >> I just tried it out for a test run. It is easy:
> >>
> >> 1. go to https://www.rollapp.com/app/lyx
> >> 2. click "Launch Online"
> >> 3. choose "Test Drive"
> >>
> >> Scott
> >>
> >>
> > I have (on an ipad) and I can confirm that it is good on a reasonable
> > connection.
> >
> > For instance it works well when I can tether on my mobile, but on the
> > (snailpace) train wifi it is unusable.
> > I am a fan!
> >
> > Paola
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Prof. Murat Yildizoglu
> 
> Note: Please use the following address as such
> 
> UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX
> GREThA (UMR CNRS 5113)
> MURAT YILDIZOGLU
> 16 AVENUE LEON DUGUIT
> CS 50057
> 33608 PESSAC CEDEX
> FRANCE
> 
> Bureau : E-331
> 
> mail: murat.yildizoglu at u-bordeaux.fr
> 
> web: www.yildizoglu.fr


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Re: Has anyone tried LyX on rollApp?

[Murat Yildizoglu]

Hi Paola,
I have had also exactly the same experience and I have signaled it to them.
Too slow to be really useful at this stage, and I regret it a lot.
I have also met keyboard and keyboard shortcuts problem using my Logitech
case's keyboard.

I am totally seduced by the idea and I look forward to it when it will
become a reliable solution on the tablets.

Best,

Murat

2015-12-07 9:21 GMT+01:00 Paola Manzini :

>
>
> On 7 December 2015 07:00:14 GMT+00:00, Scott Kostyshak 
> wrote:
>>
>> LyX can be used through a webbrowser on the cloud at rollApp. There are
>> many reasons not to do this, but I'm curious if anyone has actually used
>> this for any serious work?
>>
>> I just tried it out for a test run. It is easy:
>>
>> 1. go to https://www.rollapp.com/app/lyx
>> 2. click "Launch Online"
>> 3. choose "Test Drive"
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>
> I have (on an ipad) and I can confirm that it is good on a reasonable
> connection.
>
> For instance it works well when I can tether on my mobile, but on the
> (snailpace) train wifi it is unusable.
> I am a fan!
>
> Paola
>



-- 
Prof. Murat Yildizoglu

Note: Please use the following address as such

UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX
GREThA (UMR CNRS 5113)
MURAT YILDIZOGLU
16 AVENUE LEON DUGUIT
CS 50057
33608 PESSAC CEDEX
FRANCE

Bureau : E-331

mail: murat.yildizoglu at u-bordeaux.fr

web: www.yildizoglu.fr

Re: Has anyone tried LyX on rollApp?

[Paola Manzini]

On 7 December 2015 07:00:14 GMT+00:00, Scott Kostyshak  wrote:
>LyX can be used through a webbrowser on the cloud at rollApp. There are
>many reasons not to do this, but I'm curious if anyone has actually
>used
>this for any serious work?
>
>I just tried it out for a test run. It is easy:
>
>1. go to https://www.rollapp.com/app/lyx
>2. click "Launch Online"
>3. choose "Test Drive"
>
>Scott

I have  (on an ipad) and I can confirm that it is good on a reasonable 
connection. 

For instance it works well when I can tether on my mobile,  but on the  
(snailpace) train wifi it  is unusable. 
I  am a fan!

Paola 

Has anyone tried LyX on rollApp?

[Scott Kostyshak]

LyX can be used through a webbrowser on the cloud at rollApp. There are
many reasons not to do this, but I'm curious if anyone has actually used
this for any serious work?

I just tried it out for a test run. It is easy:

1. go to https://www.rollapp.com/app/lyx
2. click "Launch Online"
3. choose "Test Drive"

Scott


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