Mistakenly sent off-list by Dr. Hellmut Weber:
> Hi list, > >>> If other users are also concerned about the copy&paste-situation, >>> please >>> make your opinion visible on this list as well. (in a friendly way, of >>> course) >> > > I've been a LaTeX user for many years until I found LyX which is now > my favorite already for several years. > > Quite often I encounter the copy/paste-problem, since for raw text or > program code I'm an old vi- (now ViM-) addict. > So in the case ViM --> LyX ihave first to mark the area (which > requires careful selction of the area) then I can paste it with ctrl-v > into LyX loosing the line breaks. > > Not understanding the details, I suppose nevertheless the reason for > the copy/paste-problem is the neither LyX nor ViM are really > integrated into KDE. Is this assumption correct? > > > For business reasons I'm obliged to produce some documents in > Word-Format. The copy/paste-comfort offered by Windows is to be > considered THE reference for any system which wants to compete. > > I'm very sorry about that but that's one of the arguments I hear often > when discussing Windows/Linux even with people who are intereseted and > willing to consider a move. > > > I'm working on an IBM T22 Laptop with gentoo-Linux, KDE-3.5.0, > tetex-2.0.2, LyX-1.3.5, Word 2000 under Windows 98 running in a > Win4Lin-5.0 box. > > > Greetings from Munich > > Hellmut > > -- > Dr. Hellmut Weber > Degenfeldstraße 2, D - 80803 München-Schwabing > tel (+49 89) 3081172, mobil (+49 172) 8450321 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----------------------------------------------
