Am 16.07.2011 00:51, schrieb Diego Queiroz:
> I am working on the Introduction of the portuguese documentation.
> 
> Anyway, on the Intro.lyx I can read the following sentence:
> 
> *"...In other word processors, a list is just a bunch of tab stops and
> newlines. You need to figure out where to put the label for each list item,
> what that label should be, how many blank lines to put between each item,
> and so on. Under LyX, you have only two concerns: what kind of list is this,
> and what do I want to put in it. That's it...."
> *
> 
> But it really doesn't make sense for me. We all know that we are criticizing
> Word, OpenOffice, and similar, but I really don't understand that.
> Do we need to figure a "label"? What are we talking about? Are we talking
> about the bullet? the number? or really a label?
> What are these blank lines? And what's the environment? Is it a lyxlist? an
> enumerate? itemize?
> 
> I do not want to create a literal translation, so I need to understand what
> we meant with this sentence to produce a good documentation.
> 
> IMO, we should think on a better example than this one.

Hi Diego,
maybe the following link may be helpful.

Give a look to the diagram at the end (even if you are not familiar with
latex it should give you an idea of what is meant by the text you cite
in your posting.

HTH

Hellmut

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