To: Kevin Pfeiffer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: whereabouts of chktex
From: Jean-Marc Lasgouttes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 17:01:27 +0200
Kevin == Kevin Pfeiffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Kevin But it is listed (though inactive) in the menu.
I can
Jean-Pierre == Jean-Pierre Chretien [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Jean-Pierre If lacheck comes with all current (La)TeX distros
Jean-Pierre (MikTeX, teTeX, TeXLive,...) what about Check Tex calling
Jean-Pierre lacheck if chktex is not available ?
Sure, but we have to modify the error parsing code
To: Kevin Pfeiffer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
Subject: Re: whereabouts of chktex
From: Jean-Marc Lasgouttes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 17:01:27 +0200
Kevin == Kevin Pfeiffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Kevin But it is listed (though inactive) in the menu.
I can
Jean-Pierre == Jean-Pierre Chretien [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Jean-Pierre If lacheck comes with all current (La)TeX distros
Jean-Pierre (MikTeX, teTeX, TeXLive,...) what about Check Tex calling
Jean-Pierre lacheck if chktex is not available ?
Sure, but we have to modify the error parsing code
>>To: Kevin Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
>>Subject: Re: whereabouts of chktex
>>From: Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 17:01:27 +0200
>>
>>>>>>> "Kevin&q
> "Jean-Pierre" == Jean-Pierre Chretien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jean-Pierre> If lacheck comes with all current (La)TeX distros
Jean-Pierre> (MikTeX, teTeX, TeXLive,...) what about Check Tex calling
Jean-Pierre> lacheck if chktex is not available ?
Sure, but we have to modify the error
Kevin Pfeiffer wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Here's an alternative take on this problem. Why not use 'chktex' or a
similar approach. For those who don't know 'chktex', it's a parser that
detects common errors and mistakes, and it works with lyx if you have
it installed. (Under
Kevin Pfeiffer wrote:
Not installed on my system (SuSE 9,3)
Well, then you should complain to the maintainers of your distribution --
Debian has it :-).
Perhaps this should be included with LyX (and since there is already a
menu hook to it) -- or is it already (though not in my distro)?
No,
Kevin Pfeiffer wrote:
Try clicking on the very first entry returned by googling on
chktex... http://baruch.ev-en.org/proj/chktex/
That would be much too easy. :-) I guess I assumed that it should be
included in the usual packages or even in the LyX distribution.
BTW, just one more thing --
Matej Cepl wrote:
Not installed on my system (SuSE 9,3)
Well, then you should complain to the maintainers of your distribution --
Debian has it :-).
Incidentally, Matej, which Debian flavour do you use? I have a machine
running Debian unstable at work and keeping it up to date is, not
Matej == Matej Cepl [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Matej No, it shouldn't be certainly included in LyX. I do not think
Matej it is a good idea to fix broken distribution by bundling it all
Matej together with LyX (have you heard about do one thing, and do
Matej it perfectly principle?). Will you
Angus Leeming wrote:
Incidentally, Matej, which Debian flavour do you use?
testing (soon to be stable, but I will probably keep with testing).
I have a machine
running Debian unstable at work and keeping it up to date is, not
surprisingly, a continual battle.
Unstable is really, well,
Matej Cepl writes:
No, it shouldn't be certainly included in LyX. I do not think it is a
good idea to fix broken distribution by bundling it all together with
LyX (have you heard about do one thing, and do it perfectly
principle?). Will you expect LyX maintainers to maintain it, so they
have
Kevin == Kevin Pfeiffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Kevin But it is listed (though inactive) in the menu.
I can make it disappear when unavailable if you prefer :)
There is a similar utility named 'lacheck'. Is it bundled on more
distributions? If it is we could think about modifying our code
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
There is a similar utility named 'lacheck'. Is it bundled on more
distributions? If it is we could think about modifying our code to
understand this.
Except that chktex seems to be maintained (the latest Debian package of it
from 2005-01-01 indicates that there was
Kevin Pfeiffer wrote:
But it is listed (though inactive) in the menu. So I should modify my
previous post to say in a perfect world with a dozen full-time LyX
programmers I would suggest that such things be simply a part of LyX
(whether compiled in or as script in the library). Anything that
Matej Cepl writes:
Hmm, so LyX people should maintain special TeX distribution, ... right?
I understand your point (I should probably instead be saying this useful
utility should also be in every TeX distribution or something), but you
see, to some of us laypeople, used to page layout
Matej == Matej Cepl [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Matej Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
There is a similar utility named 'lacheck'. Is it bundled on more
distributions? If it is we could think about modifying our code to
understand this.
Matej Except that chktex seems to be maintained (the latest
Kevin Pfeiffer wrote:
see, to some of us laypeople, used to page layout programs, word
processors, etc., there is no distinction between the TeX package and the
LyX package---well, maybe in the sense of front end / back end. I only
know of TeX because of LyX (not entirely true, but for the
Kevin Pfeiffer wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Here's an alternative take on this problem. Why not use 'chktex' or a
similar approach. For those who don't know 'chktex', it's a parser that
detects common errors and mistakes, and it works with lyx if you have
it installed. (Under
Kevin Pfeiffer wrote:
Not installed on my system (SuSE 9,3)
Well, then you should complain to the maintainers of your distribution --
Debian has it :-).
Perhaps this should be included with LyX (and since there is already a
menu hook to it) -- or is it already (though not in my distro)?
No,
Kevin Pfeiffer wrote:
Try clicking on the very first entry returned by googling on
chktex... http://baruch.ev-en.org/proj/chktex/
That would be much too easy. :-) I guess I assumed that it should be
included in the usual packages or even in the LyX distribution.
BTW, just one more thing --
Matej Cepl wrote:
Not installed on my system (SuSE 9,3)
Well, then you should complain to the maintainers of your distribution --
Debian has it :-).
Incidentally, Matej, which Debian flavour do you use? I have a machine
running Debian unstable at work and keeping it up to date is, not
Matej == Matej Cepl [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Matej No, it shouldn't be certainly included in LyX. I do not think
Matej it is a good idea to fix broken distribution by bundling it all
Matej together with LyX (have you heard about do one thing, and do
Matej it perfectly principle?). Will you
Angus Leeming wrote:
Incidentally, Matej, which Debian flavour do you use?
testing (soon to be stable, but I will probably keep with testing).
I have a machine
running Debian unstable at work and keeping it up to date is, not
surprisingly, a continual battle.
Unstable is really, well,
Matej Cepl writes:
No, it shouldn't be certainly included in LyX. I do not think it is a
good idea to fix broken distribution by bundling it all together with
LyX (have you heard about do one thing, and do it perfectly
principle?). Will you expect LyX maintainers to maintain it, so they
have
Kevin == Kevin Pfeiffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Kevin But it is listed (though inactive) in the menu.
I can make it disappear when unavailable if you prefer :)
There is a similar utility named 'lacheck'. Is it bundled on more
distributions? If it is we could think about modifying our code
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
There is a similar utility named 'lacheck'. Is it bundled on more
distributions? If it is we could think about modifying our code to
understand this.
Except that chktex seems to be maintained (the latest Debian package of it
from 2005-01-01 indicates that there was
Kevin Pfeiffer wrote:
But it is listed (though inactive) in the menu. So I should modify my
previous post to say in a perfect world with a dozen full-time LyX
programmers I would suggest that such things be simply a part of LyX
(whether compiled in or as script in the library). Anything that
Matej Cepl writes:
Hmm, so LyX people should maintain special TeX distribution, ... right?
I understand your point (I should probably instead be saying this useful
utility should also be in every TeX distribution or something), but you
see, to some of us laypeople, used to page layout
Matej == Matej Cepl [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Matej Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
There is a similar utility named 'lacheck'. Is it bundled on more
distributions? If it is we could think about modifying our code to
understand this.
Matej Except that chktex seems to be maintained (the latest
Kevin Pfeiffer wrote:
see, to some of us laypeople, used to page layout programs, word
processors, etc., there is no distinction between the TeX package and the
LyX package---well, maybe in the sense of front end / back end. I only
know of TeX because of LyX (not entirely true, but for the
Kevin Pfeiffer wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>> Here's an alternative take on this problem. Why not use 'chktex' or a
>> similar approach. For those who don't know 'chktex', it's a parser that
>> detects common errors and mistakes, and it works with lyx if you have
>> it installed. (Under
Kevin Pfeiffer wrote:
>> > Not installed on my system (SuSE 9,3)
Well, then you should complain to the maintainers of your distribution --
Debian has it :-).
> Perhaps this should be included with LyX (and since there is already a
> menu hook to it) -- or is it already (though not in my distro)?
Kevin Pfeiffer wrote:
>> Try clicking on the very first entry returned by googling on
>> "chktex"... http://baruch.ev-en.org/proj/chktex/
>
> That would be much too easy. :-) I guess I assumed that it should be
> included in the "usual packages" or even in the LyX distribution.
BTW, just one
Matej Cepl wrote:
Not installed on my system (SuSE 9,3)
Well, then you should complain to the maintainers of your distribution --
Debian has it :-).
Incidentally, Matej, which Debian flavour do you use? I have a machine
running Debian unstable at work and keeping it up to date is, not
> "Matej" == Matej Cepl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Matej> No, it shouldn't be certainly included in LyX. I do not think
Matej> it is a good idea to fix broken distribution by bundling it all
Matej> together with LyX (have you heard about "do one thing, and do
Matej> it perfectly"
Angus Leeming wrote:
> Incidentally, Matej, which Debian flavour do you use?
testing (soon to be stable, but I will probably keep with testing).
> I have a machine
> running Debian unstable at work and keeping it up to date is, not
> surprisingly, a continual battle.
Unstable is really, well,
Matej Cepl writes:
> No, it shouldn't be certainly included in LyX. I do not think it is a
> good idea to fix broken distribution by bundling it all together with
> LyX (have you heard about "do one thing, and do it perfectly"
> principle?). Will you expect LyX maintainers to maintain it, so they
> "Kevin" == Kevin Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Kevin> But it is listed (though inactive) in the menu.
I can make it disappear when unavailable if you prefer :)
>> There is a similar utility named 'lacheck'. Is it bundled on more
>> distributions? If it is we could think about
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
> There is a similar utility named 'lacheck'. Is it bundled on more
> distributions? If it is we could think about modifying our code to
> understand this.
Except that chktex seems to be maintained (the latest Debian package of it
from 2005-01-01 indicates that there
Kevin Pfeiffer wrote:
> But it is listed (though inactive) in the menu. So I should modify my
> previous post to say "in a perfect world with a dozen full-time LyX
> programmers I would suggest that such things be simply a part of LyX
> (whether compiled in or as script in the library). Anything
Matej Cepl writes:
> Hmm, so LyX people should maintain special TeX distribution, ... right?
I understand your point (I should probably instead be saying "this useful
utility should also be in every TeX distribution" or something), but you
see, to some of us laypeople, used to page layout
> "Matej" == Matej Cepl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Matej> Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
>> There is a similar utility named 'lacheck'. Is it bundled on more
>> distributions? If it is we could think about modifying our code to
>> understand this.
Matej> Except that chktex seems to be
Kevin Pfeiffer wrote:
> see, to some of us laypeople, used to page layout programs, word
> processors, etc., there is no distinction between the TeX package and the
> LyX package---well, maybe in the sense of "front end / back end". I only
> know of TeX because of LyX (not entirely true, but for
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Here's an alternative take on this problem. Why not use 'chktex' or a
similar approach. For those who don't know 'chktex', it's a parser that
detects common errors and mistakes, and it works with lyx if you have
it installed. (Under Edit-CheckTeX I think).
Not
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Here's an alternative take on this problem. Why not use 'chktex' or a
similar approach. For those who don't know 'chktex', it's a parser that
detects common errors and mistakes, and it works with lyx if you have
it installed. (Under Edit-CheckTeX I think).
Not
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Here's an alternative take on this problem. Why not use 'chktex' or a
> similar approach. For those who don't know 'chktex', it's a parser that
> detects common errors and mistakes, and it works with lyx if you have
> it installed. (Under Edit->CheckTeX I think).
Not
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