Steve Litt wrote:
On Thursday 22 June 2006 07:22 am, Helge Hafting wrote:
Jeremy Wells wrote:
For some time I have been evaluating Lyx as an academic word
processor, but find it wanting in a few critical areas.
For instance, the stated goal of Lyx is to spend more time writing,
but
Steve Litt wrote:
On Thursday 22 June 2006 07:22 am, Helge Hafting wrote:
Jeremy Wells wrote:
For some time I have been evaluating Lyx as an academic word
processor, but find it wanting in a few critical areas.
For instance, the stated goal of Lyx is to spend more time writing,
but
Steve Litt wrote:
On Thursday 22 June 2006 07:22 am, Helge Hafting wrote:
Jeremy Wells wrote:
For some time I have been evaluating Lyx as an academic word
processor, but find it wanting in a few critical areas.
For instance, the stated goal of Lyx is to spend more time writing,
but
Jeremy Wells wrote:
For some time I have been evaluating Lyx as an academic word
processor, but find it wanting in a few critical areas.
For instance, the stated goal of Lyx is to spend more time writing,
but less time on formatting. Based on my experience, however, and from
posts to this
Rich == Rich Shepard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Rich I still don't care about the differences between \textellipsis
Rich and \ldots. :-)
How did you come up with these \textellipsis, then? InsertSp. CharsEllipsis
uses \ldots.
JMarc
On Thursday 22 June 2006 07:22 am, Helge Hafting wrote:
Jeremy Wells wrote:
For some time I have been evaluating Lyx as an academic word
processor, but find it wanting in a few critical areas.
For instance, the stated goal of Lyx is to spend more time writing,
but less time on
Jeremy Wells wrote:
For some time I have been evaluating Lyx as an academic word
processor, but find it wanting in a few critical areas.
For instance, the stated goal of Lyx is to spend more time writing,
but less time on formatting. Based on my experience, however, and from
posts to this
Rich == Rich Shepard [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Rich I still don't care about the differences between \textellipsis
Rich and \ldots. :-)
How did you come up with these \textellipsis, then? InsertSp. CharsEllipsis
uses \ldots.
JMarc
On Thursday 22 June 2006 07:22 am, Helge Hafting wrote:
Jeremy Wells wrote:
For some time I have been evaluating Lyx as an academic word
processor, but find it wanting in a few critical areas.
For instance, the stated goal of Lyx is to spend more time writing,
but less time on
Jeremy Wells wrote:
For some time I have been evaluating Lyx as an academic word
processor, but find it wanting in a few critical areas.
For instance, the stated goal of Lyx is to spend more time writing,
but less time on formatting. Based on my experience, however, and from
posts to this
> "Rich" == Rich Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Rich> I still don't care about the differences between \textellipsis
Rich> and \ldots. :-)
How did you come up with these \textellipsis, then? Insert>Sp. Chars>Ellipsis
uses \ldots.
JMarc
On Thursday 22 June 2006 07:22 am, Helge Hafting wrote:
> Jeremy Wells wrote:
> > For some time I have been evaluating Lyx as an academic word
> > processor, but find it wanting in a few critical areas.
> >
> > For instance, the stated goal of Lyx is to spend more time writing,
> > but less time
Eric Nystrom wrote:
We humanists have particular expertise with
documentation - perhaps creating, revising, or tweaking the docs may be of
help. In short, please appreciate this community both for what it is and
what it is not; and if you are looking to contribute, there are many ways
of
Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
For instance: jurabib (since this is mentioned by the OP). I implemented
that to Lyx 1.4 because I need it for my own work. I admit that the
jurabib support still can be enhanced in many ways. But hey, it's a brand
new feature, jurabib itself is very feature-rich,
Charles de Miramon wrote:
A \nobibliography{} option would be nice for 1.4.3. Today, it is really a
fragile hack to do it inside LyX
Please add it to bugzilla, if not already done.
Jürgen
On Tuesday 20 June 2006 10:56, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
Please add it to bugzilla, if not already done.
Would that change the file format?
Jürgen
PS: Wearing my hat of file format police. ;-)
--
José Abílio
Jose' Matos wrote:
Please add it to bugzilla, if not already done.
Would that change the file format?
Yes.
Jürgen
PS: Wearing my hat of file format police. ;-)
I see lots of policemen recently ;-)
Jürgen
On Tuesday 20 June 2006 11:28, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
Jose' Matos wrote:
Please add it to bugzilla, if not already done.
Would that change the file format?
Yes.
I was afraid to hear that. You know the rules, this change can only go in
1.5svn. :-(
Jürgen
PS: Wearing my hat
Jose' Matos wrote:
I was afraid to hear that. You know the rules, this change can only go in
1.5svn. :-(
I know.
I see lots of policemen recently ;-)
What would you expect with the World Cup in your country? ;-)
exactly. People are quite excited ATM (though I'm not living in one of
the
On Tuesday 20 June 2006 12:02, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
exactly. People are quite excited ATM (though I'm not living in one of
the FIFA occupied cities). But do I have to tell that to a Portuguese?
For us, two years ago - Euro 2004, it was UEFA. :-)
Jürgen
--
José Abílio
On 19/06/06, Jeremy Wells [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For some time I have been evaluating Lyx as an academic word processor, but
find it wanting in a few critical areas.
Judging from the number of posts to this lists, citations and bibliographies
are a major issue. There is no easy to use
method
Eric Nystrom wrote:
We humanists have particular expertise with
documentation - perhaps creating, revising, or tweaking the docs may be of
help. In short, please appreciate this community both for what it is and
what it is not; and if you are looking to contribute, there are many ways
of
Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
For instance: jurabib (since this is mentioned by the OP). I implemented
that to Lyx 1.4 because I need it for my own work. I admit that the
jurabib support still can be enhanced in many ways. But hey, it's a brand
new feature, jurabib itself is very feature-rich,
Charles de Miramon wrote:
A \nobibliography{} option would be nice for 1.4.3. Today, it is really a
fragile hack to do it inside LyX
Please add it to bugzilla, if not already done.
Jürgen
On Tuesday 20 June 2006 10:56, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
Please add it to bugzilla, if not already done.
Would that change the file format?
Jürgen
PS: Wearing my hat of file format police. ;-)
--
José Abílio
Jose' Matos wrote:
Please add it to bugzilla, if not already done.
Would that change the file format?
Yes.
Jürgen
PS: Wearing my hat of file format police. ;-)
I see lots of policemen recently ;-)
Jürgen
On Tuesday 20 June 2006 11:28, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
Jose' Matos wrote:
Please add it to bugzilla, if not already done.
Would that change the file format?
Yes.
I was afraid to hear that. You know the rules, this change can only go in
1.5svn. :-(
Jürgen
PS: Wearing my hat
Jose' Matos wrote:
I was afraid to hear that. You know the rules, this change can only go in
1.5svn. :-(
I know.
I see lots of policemen recently ;-)
What would you expect with the World Cup in your country? ;-)
exactly. People are quite excited ATM (though I'm not living in one of
the
On Tuesday 20 June 2006 12:02, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
exactly. People are quite excited ATM (though I'm not living in one of
the FIFA occupied cities). But do I have to tell that to a Portuguese?
For us, two years ago - Euro 2004, it was UEFA. :-)
Jürgen
--
José Abílio
On 19/06/06, Jeremy Wells [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For some time I have been evaluating Lyx as an academic word processor, but
find it wanting in a few critical areas.
Judging from the number of posts to this lists, citations and bibliographies
are a major issue. There is no easy to use
method
Eric Nystrom wrote:
> We humanists have particular expertise with
> documentation - perhaps creating, revising, or tweaking the docs may be of
> help. In short, please appreciate this community both for what it is and
> what it is not; and if you are looking to contribute, there are many ways
>
Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
> For instance: jurabib (since this is mentioned by the OP). I implemented
> that to Lyx 1.4 because I need it for my own work. I admit that the
> jurabib support still can be enhanced in many ways. But hey, it's a brand
> new feature, jurabib itself is very
Charles de Miramon wrote:
> A \nobibliography{} option would be nice for 1.4.3. Today, it is really a
> fragile hack to do it inside LyX
Please add it to bugzilla, if not already done.
Jürgen
On Tuesday 20 June 2006 10:56, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
> Please add it to bugzilla, if not already done.
Would that change the file format?
> Jürgen
PS: Wearing my hat of file format police. ;-)
--
José Abílio
Jose' Matos wrote:
>> Please add it to bugzilla, if not already done.
>
> Would that change the file format?
Yes.
>> Jürgen
>
> PS: Wearing my hat of file format police. ;-)
I see lots of policemen recently ;-)
Jürgen
On Tuesday 20 June 2006 11:28, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
> Jose' Matos wrote:
> >> Please add it to bugzilla, if not already done.
> >
> > Would that change the file format?
>
> Yes.
I was afraid to hear that. You know the rules, this change can only go in
1.5svn. :-(
> >> Jürgen
> >
> >
Jose' Matos wrote:
> I was afraid to hear that. You know the rules, this change can only go in
> 1.5svn. :-(
I know.
>> I see lots of policemen recently ;-)
>
> What would you expect with the World Cup in your country? ;-)
exactly. People are quite excited ATM (though I'm not living in one of
On Tuesday 20 June 2006 12:02, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
> exactly. People are quite excited ATM (though I'm not living in one of
> the "FIFA occupied cities"). But do I have to tell that to a Portuguese?
For us, two years ago - Euro 2004, it was UEFA. :-)
> Jürgen
--
José Abílio
On 19/06/06, Jeremy Wells <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
For some time I have been evaluating Lyx as an academic word processor, but
find it wanting in a few critical areas.
Judging from the number of posts to this lists, citations and bibliographies
are a major issue. There is no easy to use
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.
No:
4) Sit down, learn coding and implement the features you are missing. Or at
least: 5)
Speaking just for myself...and, yes, I'm an academic, a philosopher
(with mathematical interests)...
I have found LyX to deliver precisely what it purports to offer: I
concentrate more on my writing and less on formatting. It seems crazy in
retrospect, but when I was using a traditional word
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.
1) You're wrong somewhat...
People in this list are really advanced user. I've been using
On Monday 19 June 2006 09:21 am, Jeremy Wells wrote:
For some time I have been evaluating Lyx as an academic word processor, but
find it wanting in a few critical areas.
For instance, the stated goal of Lyx is to spend more time writing, but
less time on formatting. Based on my experience,
Jeremy et al.:
I am a relatively new LyX user, too. Among the documents I did in the
first days of using it was a 12-page, footnoted report. It was far
simpler than using a word processor be it OOo, Word, WordPerfect,
WordPro, KWord, AbiWord, or various others with which I am quite
familiar.
(I
Jeremy,
I'm a humanities user as well (history) so I understand your frustration
however, I'll take an approach most similar to your #1 -- you're wrong:
Lyx requires a little more investment in document structures, formatting,
and so on, which is the point of most of the discussion on the
hello jeremy
i agree with you on your observations.
i find lyx a very nice editor for formatting documents, however, i also have
this feeling that most of my time is spend on the steep learning slopes of
latex (which is because all the lyx things are fast and easy!).
in my humble oppinion,
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, David Neeley wrote:
I am a firm believer in creating styles and using them rather than
overriding particular pieces of a document--to the fullest possible extent.
That makes upkeep of that document over time a much more consistent effort
with much less effort involved. It
Richard Heck wrote:
Speaking just for myself...and, yes, I'm an academic, a philosopher
(with mathematical interests)...
I have found LyX to deliver precisely what it purports to offer: I
concentrate more on my writing and less on formatting. It seems crazy in
retrospect, but when I was using a
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, Richard Heck wrote:
I have found LyX to deliver precisely what it purports to offer: I
concentrate more on my writing and less on formatting. It seems crazy in
retrospect, but when I was using a traditional word processor
(WordPerfect, in my case), I'd spend a ridiculously
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, Martin A. Hansen wrote:
so i would like to add to your post some questions about considering
alternatives to latex as layout engine. would it be possible (and feasible)
to integrate tex commands with lyx circumnavigating latex? what other
alternatives are there? xhtml and
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
On Monday 19 June 2006 18:05, Rich Shepard wrote:
I was very pleased to learn that when Springer-Verlag asked to
publish my book, they provided their own class (svmono) for
monographs, and they have a TeXpert on staff in New York because they
prefer to get documents submitted camera ready.
On Monday 19 June 2006 15:21, 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.
From my experience from writing my thesis which LyX I'd say 1).
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.
No:
4) Sit down, learn coding and implement the features you are missing. Or at
least: 5)
Speaking just for myself...and, yes, I'm an academic, a philosopher
(with mathematical interests)...
I have found LyX to deliver precisely what it purports to offer: I
concentrate more on my writing and less on formatting. It seems crazy in
retrospect, but when I was using a traditional word
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.
1) You're wrong somewhat...
People in this list are really advanced user. I've been using
On Monday 19 June 2006 09:21 am, Jeremy Wells wrote:
For some time I have been evaluating Lyx as an academic word processor, but
find it wanting in a few critical areas.
For instance, the stated goal of Lyx is to spend more time writing, but
less time on formatting. Based on my experience,
Jeremy et al.:
I am a relatively new LyX user, too. Among the documents I did in the
first days of using it was a 12-page, footnoted report. It was far
simpler than using a word processor be it OOo, Word, WordPerfect,
WordPro, KWord, AbiWord, or various others with which I am quite
familiar.
(I
Jeremy,
I'm a humanities user as well (history) so I understand your frustration
however, I'll take an approach most similar to your #1 -- you're wrong:
Lyx requires a little more investment in document structures, formatting,
and so on, which is the point of most of the discussion on the
hello jeremy
i agree with you on your observations.
i find lyx a very nice editor for formatting documents, however, i also have
this feeling that most of my time is spend on the steep learning slopes of
latex (which is because all the lyx things are fast and easy!).
in my humble oppinion,
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, David Neeley wrote:
I am a firm believer in creating styles and using them rather than
overriding particular pieces of a document--to the fullest possible extent.
That makes upkeep of that document over time a much more consistent effort
with much less effort involved. It
Richard Heck wrote:
Speaking just for myself...and, yes, I'm an academic, a philosopher
(with mathematical interests)...
I have found LyX to deliver precisely what it purports to offer: I
concentrate more on my writing and less on formatting. It seems crazy in
retrospect, but when I was using a
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, Richard Heck wrote:
I have found LyX to deliver precisely what it purports to offer: I
concentrate more on my writing and less on formatting. It seems crazy in
retrospect, but when I was using a traditional word processor
(WordPerfect, in my case), I'd spend a ridiculously
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, Martin A. Hansen wrote:
so i would like to add to your post some questions about considering
alternatives to latex as layout engine. would it be possible (and feasible)
to integrate tex commands with lyx circumnavigating latex? what other
alternatives are there? xhtml and
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
On Monday 19 June 2006 18:05, Rich Shepard wrote:
I was very pleased to learn that when Springer-Verlag asked to
publish my book, they provided their own class (svmono) for
monographs, and they have a TeXpert on staff in New York because they
prefer to get documents submitted camera ready.
On Monday 19 June 2006 15:21, 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.
From my experience from writing my thesis which LyX I'd say 1).
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."
No:
4) Sit down, learn coding and implement the features you are missing. Or at
Speaking just for myself...and, yes, I'm an academic, a philosopher
(with mathematical interests)...
I have found LyX to deliver precisely what it purports to offer: I
concentrate more on my writing and less on formatting. It seems crazy in
retrospect, but when I was using a traditional word
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."
1) You're wrong somewhat...
People in this list are really advanced user. I've been
On Monday 19 June 2006 09:21 am, Jeremy Wells wrote:
> For some time I have been evaluating Lyx as an academic word processor, but
> find it wanting in a few critical areas.
>
> For instance, the stated goal of Lyx is to spend more time writing, but
> less time on formatting. Based on my
Jeremy et al.:
I am a relatively new LyX user, too. Among the documents I did in the
first days of using it was a 12-page, footnoted report. It was far
simpler than using a "word processor" be it OOo, Word, WordPerfect,
WordPro, KWord, AbiWord, or various others with which I am quite
familiar.
Jeremy,
I'm a humanities user as well (history) so I understand your frustration
however, I'll take an approach most similar to your #1 -- "you're wrong":
Lyx requires a little more investment in document structures, formatting,
and so on, which is the point of most of the discussion on the
hello jeremy
i agree with you on your observations.
i find lyx a very nice editor for formatting documents, however, i also have
this feeling that most of my time is spend on the steep learning slopes of
latex (which is because all the lyx things are fast and easy!).
in my humble oppinion,
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, David Neeley wrote:
I am a firm believer in creating styles and using them rather than
overriding particular pieces of a document--to the fullest possible extent.
That makes upkeep of that document over time a much more consistent effort
with much less effort involved. It
Richard Heck wrote:
Speaking just for myself...and, yes, I'm an academic, a philosopher
(with mathematical interests)...
I have found LyX to deliver precisely what it purports to offer: I
concentrate more on my writing and less on formatting. It seems crazy in
retrospect, but when I was using a
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, Richard Heck wrote:
I have found LyX to deliver precisely what it purports to offer: I
concentrate more on my writing and less on formatting. It seems crazy in
retrospect, but when I was using a traditional word processor
(WordPerfect, in my case), I'd spend a ridiculously
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, Martin A. Hansen wrote:
so i would like to add to your post some questions about considering
alternatives to latex as layout engine. would it be possible (and feasible)
to integrate tex commands with lyx circumnavigating latex? what other
alternatives are there? xhtml and
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
On Monday 19 June 2006 18:05, Rich Shepard wrote:
>I was very pleased to learn that when Springer-Verlag asked to
> publish my book, they provided their own class (svmono) for
> monographs, and they have a TeXpert on staff in New York because they
> prefer to get documents submitted camera
On Monday 19 June 2006 15:21, 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."
From my experience from writing my thesis which LyX
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