Re: what is a good lyx layout for notetaking?
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:35 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > VimOutliner > > http://www.vimoutliner.net > Steve, I looked at VimOutliner last night and have begun using it. I watched your video, and it has been easy to get started since I already use vim every day, and have already been using it to generate outlines, just without the folding and other nice features VimOutliner provides. It really is nice. Thanks. Telmo, I appreciate your input, I have not used the "labels and references" part of the outline view. It defaults to "table of contents" so I hadn't realized it could be used in this way. Good tip. Looks like it's time for me to go through the documentation a bit more thoroughly. All, While I use vim for many tasks, I have still never found a program as good as LyX when it comes to taking notes for classes. It's the only program I'm aware of that a skilled user (not me, I'm not quite fast enough yet) can keep up taking notes on a computer in a Mathematics or Engineering class. You just can't get the equations and formulas in quickly enough with anything else. Go LyX! Jacob
Re: what is a good lyx layout for notetaking?
On 14/10/2010 03:15, Telmo Amaral wrote: Personally, I use LyX as a simple note taking tool because I like to be able to associate labels with my notes and to quickly find all notes marked with a certain label. LyX's labels can be used for that purpose very effectively. Basically, at the top of my notes file, I create a list of labels with Insert> Label. Then, anywhere I wish to label a note, I do Insert> Cross-Reference and choose the appropriate label. By keeping the Document> Outline window open displaying Labels and References, I can see a list of all references to each label, and quickly jump to any such reference. Hey, this was mostly the reason why I implemented the ref support for labels and references, it's good to know that this is useful to other people for the very same purpose :-) Abdel.
Re: what is a good lyx layout for notetaking?
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Steve Litt wrote: > VimOutliner > > http://www.vimoutliner.net > Org-mode for emacs. Hi Steve! :-) -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206
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Re: what is a good lyx layout for notetaking?
What sort of "notes" are these? It's too vague a term without some context. In my day job I work as an amanuensis for Deaf and disabled students. The notes I write (or type) are expected to be nothing more than a verbatim transcript of the class/meeting/lecture. There is supposed to me some marginalia (e.g., student X enters the class room 20 minutes late, student Y is shouting). Except that because of some of the syndromes I deal with "notes" cannot be linear text. Mind Maps, spider diagrams, fish diagrams, bubble charts. heirarchical outlines, even drawings are all in my note-taker's arsenal. Then for those with Myers-Erlan syndrome I have different colloured papers and pens. And then there's layout --- I rather like the layout of the Cornell note taking system; then other days I'll use plain white paper. In my other day job I an a researcher. The notes then consist of everything from interesting quotes transcribed into a commonplace book to fragments of academic papers.to papers and books that I'm editing. Here I need applications (sic) that let me organise these notes for later retrieval, review, and rewrites. I use a mix of Journler, Scrivener and eventually lyx. That's all on Mac OS X, if you hadn't guessed. And I've even been known to resort Apple's Stickies app in both its incarnations (pure app and Daskboard widget). I also carry a ADoc/Levinger/Rollabind-style notebook with me. I scribble notes and jot down ideas on the removable pages and then reorder them for research idea, theological study, language usage, etc later. I doubt that lyx alone could satisfy my own requirements. But you've not provided sufficent context to know what to suggest. On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Jose Quesada wrote: > Hi, > > What is a good lyx layout for notetaking? > I don't care about the pdf looks, since my notes will never be printed. > I care about very distinctive part/section/subsection etc (ideally with > diff. colors even). > An something that formats paragraphs with some space separation and no > indent. > > Thanks! > > > Best, > -Jose > > Jose Quesada, PhD. > Max Planck Institute, > Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, > Berlin > http://www.josequesada.name/ > http://twitter.com/Quesada > -- Regards, Trevor. <>< Re: deemed!
Re: what is a good lyx layout for notetaking?
On 10. juni 2010 21:44, Jose Quesada wrote: Hi, What is a good lyx layout for notetaking? I tend to use article or report for this purpose. I don't care about the pdf looks, since my notes will never be printed. I care about very distinctive part/section/subsection etc (ideally with diff. colors even). The section headings are distinctive, but not colored. Color (on screen) can be added though. Make a copy of the article.layout called something like "myarticle.layout". In the "Font" section of "Style Part", add "Color blue" after the size. Settings for "section", "subsection" etc. is in stdsections.inc, copy what you need to change into "myarticle.layout" You can also change font sizes and vertical separation. And many other things too. An something that formats paragraphs with some space separation and no indent. Most document classes supports this - make a template document, or save it as default for all documents. (The setting is under "Document->Settings->Text Style" Helge Hafting
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Alan L Tyree writes: >> Except emacs' org-mode, of course :) > > It's no good trying to talk sense to Steve on this subject :-). Yes, but it was almost friday... JMarc
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On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 23:58:56 +0200 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Le 10/06/2010 23:14, Steve Litt a écrit : > > I wouldn't be caught dead taking notes with any software other than > > VimOutliner. > > Except emacs' org-mode, of course :) It's no good trying to talk sense to Steve on this subject :-). Alan > > JMarc -- Alan L Tyreehttp://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206
what is a good lyx layout for notetaking?
Hi, What is a good lyx layout for notetaking? I don't care about the pdf looks, since my notes will never be printed. I care about very distinctive part/section/subsection etc (ideally with diff. colors even). An something that formats paragraphs with some space separation and no indent. Thanks! Best, -Jose Jose Quesada, PhD. Max Planck Institute, Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Berlin http://www.josequesada.name/ http://twitter.com/Quesada
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Hi SteveT, I know vimOutliner. I used it for a while, long ago. Not having formatting, links, and images is a showstopper for me. I think I can be almost as fast with lyx now. Still, I appreciate your taste :) Best, -Jose Jose Quesada, PhD. Max Planck Institute, Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition, Berlin http://www.josequesada.name/ http://twitter.com/Quesada On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 11:58 PM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Le 10/06/2010 23:14, Steve Litt a écrit : > > I wouldn't be caught dead taking notes with any software other than >> VimOutliner. >> > > Except emacs' org-mode, of course :) > > JMarc >
Re: what is a good lyx layout for notetaking?
Le 10/06/2010 23:14, Steve Litt a écrit : I wouldn't be caught dead taking notes with any software other than VimOutliner. Except emacs' org-mode, of course :) JMarc
Re: what is a good lyx layout for notetaking?
On Thursday 10 June 2010 15:44:43 Jose Quesada wrote: > Hi, > > What is a good lyx layout for notetaking? > I don't care about the pdf looks, since my notes will never be printed. > I care about very distinctive part/section/subsection etc (ideally with > diff. colors even). > An something that formats paragraphs with some space separation and no > indent. > > Thanks! > > > Best, > -Jose This is non-responsive to your exact question but may (or may not) be something you appreciate... I wouldn't be caught dead taking notes with any software other than VimOutliner. VimOutliner's top design priority was authoring speed, and it's incredibly fast while still making it easy to take structured notes, shift things around, reorganize things, etc. VimOutliner has a body text feature so you can write long quotes and they'll word wrap and not become part of the hierarchy. When you get home, you'll clean up your VimOutliner based notes and then run a script to put them into LyX or LaTeX form, with a layout using no indents but separation and different fonts and colors. Or you can just leave them in VimOutliner form. Once again, when it comes to realtime notetaking, VimOutliner is much faster than LyX. LyX's long suit is authoring documents with lots of body text, not realtime notetaking where most of what you write is part of the hierarchy. SteveT Steve Litt Recession Relief Package http://www.recession-relief.US Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt
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On Thursday 10 June 2010 17:58:56 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Le 10/06/2010 23:14, Steve Litt a écrit : > > I wouldn't be caught dead taking notes with any software other than > > VimOutliner. > > Except emacs' org-mode, of course :) http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/carpal_tunnel/detail_carpal_tunnel.htm :-) SteveT
