Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 1:55 AM, Stephen George steve_...@optusnet.com.au wrote: On 12/06/2013 1:02 AM, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: of course he's right, but then he can google what DILLIGAF stands for :-)-O No he can't, with comments like open source programs have great appeal for people who

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

It is flattering to say, hey John Doe the great novelist is using LyX, but much more important is another question. Is LyX the right tool for a publisher who wants to publish printed books and ebooks from the same source, which is what publishers want to do today. At least this is what I want to

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Jan Ulrich Hasecke juhase...@googlemail.com wrote: You can write a bestseller with a pencil or with vim/emacs. LyX could be a publishing environment producing high quality pdfs and ePubs ready for distribution. Our target group are not authors (have a look at

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

Am 12.06.2013 10:59, schrieb Liviu Andronic: On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Jan Ulrich Hasecke juhase...@googlemail.com wrote: You can write a bestseller with a pencil or with vim/emacs. LyX could be a publishing environment producing high quality pdfs and ePubs ready for distribution. Our

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

Isn't there already a working corkboard tool for Lyx (but I have never been able to test it), by Rob? 2013/6/12 Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Jan Ulrich Hasecke juhase...@googlemail.com wrote: You can write a bestseller with a pencil or with

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Murat Yildizoglu myi...@gmail.com wrote: Isn't there already a working corkboard tool for Lyx (but I have never been able to test it), by Rob? Yes, but it has never made its way to trunk. To my understanding the goal of the GSoC project is to polish the

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:59:00 +0200 Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: This is the goal of one of our GSoC projects this year: http://wiki.lyx.org/GSoC/NonLinearWriting and Please tell the person doing the NonLinearWriting project that if he needs to talk with an author of Discovery

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

Liviu Andronic writes: On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Murat Yildizoglu myi...@gmail.com wrote: Isn't there already a working corkboard tool for Lyx (but I have never been able to test it), by Rob? Yes, but it has never made its way to trunk. To my understanding the goal of the GSoC

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

of course he's right, but then he can google what DILLIGAF stands for :-)-O No he can't, with comments like /open source programs have great appeal for people who want to tinker with computers but almost none for those who actually want to do something./ He would not be able to use

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 1:55 AM, Stephen George steve_...@optusnet.com.au wrote: On 12/06/2013 1:02 AM, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: of course he's right, but then he can google what DILLIGAF stands for :-)-O No he can't, with comments like open source programs have great appeal for people who

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

It is flattering to say, hey John Doe the great novelist is using LyX, but much more important is another question. Is LyX the right tool for a publisher who wants to publish printed books and ebooks from the same source, which is what publishers want to do today. At least this is what I want to

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Jan Ulrich Hasecke juhase...@googlemail.com wrote: You can write a bestseller with a pencil or with vim/emacs. LyX could be a publishing environment producing high quality pdfs and ePubs ready for distribution. Our target group are not authors (have a look at

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

Am 12.06.2013 10:59, schrieb Liviu Andronic: On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Jan Ulrich Hasecke juhase...@googlemail.com wrote: You can write a bestseller with a pencil or with vim/emacs. LyX could be a publishing environment producing high quality pdfs and ePubs ready for distribution. Our

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

Isn't there already a working corkboard tool for Lyx (but I have never been able to test it), by Rob? 2013/6/12 Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Jan Ulrich Hasecke juhase...@googlemail.com wrote: You can write a bestseller with a pencil or with

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Murat Yildizoglu myi...@gmail.com wrote: Isn't there already a working corkboard tool for Lyx (but I have never been able to test it), by Rob? Yes, but it has never made its way to trunk. To my understanding the goal of the GSoC project is to polish the

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:59:00 +0200 Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: This is the goal of one of our GSoC projects this year: http://wiki.lyx.org/GSoC/NonLinearWriting and Please tell the person doing the NonLinearWriting project that if he needs to talk with an author of Discovery

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

Liviu Andronic writes: On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Murat Yildizoglu myi...@gmail.com wrote: Isn't there already a working corkboard tool for Lyx (but I have never been able to test it), by Rob? Yes, but it has never made its way to trunk. To my understanding the goal of the GSoC

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

of course he's right, but then he can google what DILLIGAF stands for :-)-O No he can't, with comments like /open source programs have great appeal for people who want to tinker with computers but almost none for those who actually want to do something./ He would not be able to use

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 1:55 AM, Stephen George wrote: > On 12/06/2013 1:02 AM, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: > > of course he's right, but then he can google what DILLIGAF stands > for :-)-O > > No he can't, with comments like > "open source programs have great appeal for

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

It is flattering to say, hey John Doe the great novelist is using LyX, but much more important is another question. Is LyX the right tool for a publisher who wants to publish printed books and ebooks from the same source, which is what publishers want to do today. At least this is what I want to

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Jan Ulrich Hasecke wrote: > You can write a bestseller with a pencil or with vim/emacs. LyX could be > a publishing environment producing high quality pdfs and ePubs ready for > distribution. Our target group are not authors (have a look

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

Am 12.06.2013 10:59, schrieb Liviu Andronic: > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Jan Ulrich Hasecke > wrote: >> You can write a bestseller with a pencil or with vim/emacs. LyX could be >> a publishing environment producing high quality pdfs and ePubs ready for >>

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

Isn't there already a working corkboard tool for Lyx (but I have never been able to test it), by Rob? 2013/6/12 Liviu Andronic > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Jan Ulrich Hasecke > wrote: > > You can write a bestseller with a pencil or with

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Murat Yildizoglu wrote: > Isn't there already a working corkboard tool for Lyx (but I have never been > able to test it), by Rob? > Yes, but it has never made its way to trunk. To my understanding the goal of the GSoC project is to polish the

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:59:00 +0200 Liviu Andronic wrote: > This is the goal of one of our GSoC projects this year: > http://wiki.lyx.org/GSoC/NonLinearWriting and Please tell the person doing the NonLinearWriting project that if he needs to talk with an author of

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

Liviu Andronic writes: > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Murat Yildizoglu wrote: >> Isn't there already a working corkboard tool for Lyx (but I have never been >> able to test it), by Rob? >> > Yes, but it has never made its way to trunk. To my understanding the > goal of

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

> > of course he's right, but then he can google what DILLIGAF stands > > for :-)-O > No he can't, with comments like > /"open source programs have great appeal for people who want to > tinker with computers but almost none for those who actually want to > do something."/ > > He would not be

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

Steve, of course he's right, but then he can google what DILLIGAF stands for :-)-O I run a Obstetrician and Gynaecologist's practice for all documents, letters, reports, some recreated forms, prescriptions, presentations (beamer and recently discovered beamerposter), statistics (SWEAVE) and

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

But I can tell you this guy is going to come back and say he's a great and mighty best selling author, ask how many books have I sold. While books provide a part of my income, I have no best sellers, either now or in the past. So, when he comes back and asks that, it would be *wonderful* to

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On 12/06/2013 1:02 AM, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: of course he's right, but then he can google what DILLIGAF stands for :-)-O No he can't, with comments like /open source programs have great appeal for people who want to tinker with computers but almost none for those who actually want to do

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

Steve, of course he's right, but then he can google what DILLIGAF stands for :-)-O I run a Obstetrician and Gynaecologist's practice for all documents, letters, reports, some recreated forms, prescriptions, presentations (beamer and recently discovered beamerposter), statistics (SWEAVE) and

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

But I can tell you this guy is going to come back and say he's a great and mighty best selling author, ask how many books have I sold. While books provide a part of my income, I have no best sellers, either now or in the past. So, when he comes back and asks that, it would be *wonderful* to

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On 12/06/2013 1:02 AM, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: of course he's right, but then he can google what DILLIGAF stands for :-)-O No he can't, with comments like /open source programs have great appeal for people who want to tinker with computers but almost none for those who actually want to do

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

Steve, of course he's right, but then he can google what DILLIGAF stands for :-)-O I run a Obstetrician and Gynaecologist's practice for all documents, letters, reports, some recreated forms, prescriptions, presentations (beamer and recently discovered beamerposter), statistics (SWEAVE) and

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

> But I can tell you this guy is going to come back and say he's a great > and mighty best selling author, ask how many books have I sold. While > books provide a part of my income, I have no best sellers, either now > or in the past. > > So, when he comes back and asks that, it would be

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On 12/06/2013 1:02 AM, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: of course he's right, but then he can google what DILLIGAF stands for :-)-O No he can't, with comments like /"open source programs have great appeal for people who want to tinker with computers but almost none for those who actually want to do

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

What kind of books does he write? If it's pure text then he probably does not need the power of LyX but on the other hand if he's doing something complicated like writing technical books then you can laugh if he's doing it in Word. And come to think of it. if it's pure prose then he does

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Sun, 9 Jun 2013 10:32:20 -0500 stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com wrote: I'm willing to bet you won't find such an example. The reason is simple: more or less by definition a best-seller is book produced by a major commercial publishing house supported by a consistent marketing

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Les Denham lden...@hal-pc.org wrote: On Sun, 9 Jun 2013 10:32:20 -0500 stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com wrote: I'm willing to bet you won't find such an example. The reason is simple: more or less by definition a best-seller is book produced by a

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

What kind of books does he write? If it's pure text then he probably does not need the power of LyX but on the other hand if he's doing something complicated like writing technical books then you can laugh if he's doing it in Word. And come to think of it. if it's pure prose then he does

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Sun, 9 Jun 2013 10:32:20 -0500 stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com wrote: I'm willing to bet you won't find such an example. The reason is simple: more or less by definition a best-seller is book produced by a major commercial publishing house supported by a consistent marketing

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Les Denham lden...@hal-pc.org wrote: On Sun, 9 Jun 2013 10:32:20 -0500 stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com wrote: I'm willing to bet you won't find such an example. The reason is simple: more or less by definition a best-seller is book produced by a

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

What kind of books does he write? If it's pure text then he probably does not need the power of LyX but on the other hand if he's doing something complicated like writing technical books then you can laugh if he's doing it in Word. And come to think of it. if it's pure prose then he does

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Sun, 9 Jun 2013 10:32:20 -0500 stefano franchi wrote: > I'm willing to bet you won't find such an example. The reason is > simple: more or less by definition a best-seller is book produced by > a major commercial publishing house supported by a consistent >

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Les Denham wrote: > On Sun, 9 Jun 2013 10:32:20 -0500 > stefano franchi wrote: > > > I'm willing to bet you won't find such an example. The reason is > > simple: more or less by definition a best-seller is book

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

Sorry to top post, but I rather suspect that plenty of authors use other open source programs, like LibreOffice. The truth is that, for most writing that would produce best-sellers, you could just as soon use Notepad, or a typewriter. The sophisticated features available with a program like LyX,

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.comwrote: So, when he comes back and asks that, it would be *wonderful* to give the writer's list one or more best seller books (I think something with an Amazon rank of less than 5000 would do it), to refute his statement, by

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On 9 June 2013 23:32, stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.comwrote: So, when he comes back and asks that, it would be *wonderful* to give the writer's list one or more best seller books (I think something with

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Sun, 09 Jun 2013 10:48:40 -0400 Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org wrote: Sorry to top post, but I rather suspect that plenty of authors use other open source programs, like LibreOffice. The truth is that, for most writing that would produce best-sellers, you could just as soon use Notepad, or

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On 10/06/13 00:36, Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, On one of my writers' mailing list, after I said I used LyX, a guy who really does have what once was a best-seller wrote this: === As for Lyx, you need to know that, with very few exceptions — none of which

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

Sorry to top post, but I rather suspect that plenty of authors use other open source programs, like LibreOffice. The truth is that, for most writing that would produce best-sellers, you could just as soon use Notepad, or a typewriter. The sophisticated features available with a program like LyX,

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.comwrote: So, when he comes back and asks that, it would be *wonderful* to give the writer's list one or more best seller books (I think something with an Amazon rank of less than 5000 would do it), to refute his statement, by

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On 9 June 2013 23:32, stefano franchi stefano.fran...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.comwrote: So, when he comes back and asks that, it would be *wonderful* to give the writer's list one or more best seller books (I think something with

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Sun, 09 Jun 2013 10:48:40 -0400 Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org wrote: Sorry to top post, but I rather suspect that plenty of authors use other open source programs, like LibreOffice. The truth is that, for most writing that would produce best-sellers, you could just as soon use Notepad, or

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On 10/06/13 00:36, Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, On one of my writers' mailing list, after I said I used LyX, a guy who really does have what once was a best-seller wrote this: === As for Lyx, you need to know that, with very few exceptions — none of which

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

Sorry to top post, but I rather suspect that plenty of authors use other open source programs, like LibreOffice. The truth is that, for most writing that would produce best-sellers, you could just as soon use Notepad, or a typewriter. The sophisticated features available with a program like LyX,

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > So, when he comes back and asks that, it would be *wonderful* to give > the writer's list one or more best seller books (I think something with > an Amazon rank of less than 5000 would do it), to refute his statement,

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On 9 June 2013 23:32, stefano franchi wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jun 9, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > > >> So, when he comes back and asks that, it would be *wonderful* to give >> the writer's list one or more best seller books (I think

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On Sun, 09 Jun 2013 10:48:40 -0400 Richard Heck wrote: > > Sorry to top post, but I rather suspect that plenty of authors use > other open source programs, like LibreOffice. The truth is that, for > most writing that would produce best-sellers, you could just as soon > use

Re: Anyone know of a best-seller written in LyX

On 10/06/13 00:36, Steve Litt wrote: Hi all, On one of my writers' mailing list, after I said I used LyX, a guy who really does have what once was a best-seller wrote this: === "As for Lyx, you need to know that, with very few exceptions — none of which