Am Dienstag, 5. September 2006 22:34 schrieb Daryl Hepting: > Lyx User Questionnaire > > This questionnaire will be used by students of the CS305 course at the > University of Regina to inform their semester’s work. Results of this > work will be contributed back to the lyx project. All replies sent > to me > directly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) will have all identifying > information > removed before anyone else sees them. This course project study has > been > approved by the Research Ethics Board at the University of Regina > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). If any publication follows the semester’s > work, your replies will not be directly quoted and your responses will > not be identifiable. [If you would like to be identified and associated > with your comments, please indicate that to me in your reply.] Your > completion (and return) of this questionnaire implies your consent for > the uses stated above. > > Age: 18-25, 26-34, 34 – 50, 50+ > > How long have you used lyx? from the very begin (Matthias Ettrich started Lyx here in Tuebingen) > > How would you rate your level of expertise with lyx? (novice, > intermediate, expert) intermediate > > How much time have you spent using LaTeX? 10y > > How would you rate your level of expertise with LaTeX? (novice, > intermediate, expert) intermediate > > How much time have you spent using OpenOffice, Word (or another similar > tool)? occassionaly > > How would you rate your level of expertise with OpenOffice-like tools? > (novice, intermediate, expert) novice > > In the following questions, you will be asked to compare Lyx with ONE > other text processing tool. First, what is the tool that you are using > for comparison? (referred to below as OTHER) > > With respect to each of the features listed below, compare the > feature to word > the text processing tool which you identified. Use this key for your > responses: > 1 – lyx is MUCH WORSE than OTHER > 2 – lyx is WORSE than OTHER > 3 – lyx is BETTER than OTHER > 4 – lyx is MUCH BETTER than OTHER 4 > > Then, please rate your level of satisfaction with the feature > 1 - very unsatisfied > 2 - unsatisfied > 3 - satisfied > 4 - very satisfied > 5 - OTHER does not have this feature > 6 - have not used this feature 4 > > Please add any comments you like about each feature. > > -> Graphical User Interface (GUI) that gives access to all functions via > menus and mouse, as well as configurable key-bindings. > COMPARISON: > SATISFACTION: good > COMMENTS: small .lyx files, readable with any text ptrogram > > -> Standard word processor operations, like cut/paste, multiple open > documents, infinite undo/redo, and spellchecking. > COMPARISON: > SATISFACTION: good > COMMENTS: > > -> Different text-classes allow you to create letters, articles, books, > movie scripts, and journal articles (to name a few). > COMPARISON: > SATISFACTION: good > COMMENTS: > > -> Numbered section headings, table of contents (with hypertext > functionality), and nested lists (AKA "outline mode"). > COMPARISON: > SATISFACTION: excellent > COMMENTS: > > -> Interactive WYSIWYG math editor > COMPARISON: > SATISFACTION: good > COMMENTS: > > -> Support for writing documents in most European languages as well as > Right-to-Left languages like Hebrew and Arabic. > COMPARISON: > SATISFACTION: good > COMMENTS: > > -> Support for writing multi-lingual documents. > COMPARISON: > SATISFACTION: good > COMMENTS: > > -> Postscript® figures, with rotation, scaling, and captions > COMPARISON: > SATISFACTION: good > COMMENTS: > > -> Interactive WYSIWYG tables > COMPARISON: > SATISFACTION: good > COMMENTS: > > -> Footnotes and margin notes > COMPARISON: > SATISFACTION: excellent > COMMENTS: > > -> Labels/references and bibliography (including BibTeX support) > COMPARISON: > SATISFACTION: good > COMMENTS: I am using jabref to generate bib-files and push citations into the lyx file > > -> Access to all LaTeX functionality with plain-latex-style > COMPARISON: > SATISFACTION: good > COMMENTS: > > -> Import LaTeX. Export LaTeX, Postscript®, DVI, ASCII, or send a fax > COMPARISON: > SATISFACTION: good > COMMENTS: usually pdf output > > -> SGML-tools support (both LinuxDoc and DocBook DTDs) > COMPARISON: > SATISFACTION: > COMMENTS: not used so far > > -> Literate programming support, via the "noweb" tool. > COMPARISON: > SATISFACTION: > COMMENTS: not used so far > > -> Menus, error messages, and key-bindings are available in many > languages > COMPARISON: > SATISFACTION: good > COMMENTS: > > -> Extensive documentation, including a beginner's tutorial. Some > documents have been translated from English. > COMPARISON: > SATISFACTION: very good > COMMENTS: > > -> Quite fast and low memory requirements. > COMPARISON: > SATISFACTION: satisfying > COMMENTS: > > These features were taken from http://www.lyx.org/about/features.php > (with > minor editing). Please list any other features that you think are > important (and please include your COMPARISON, SATISFACTION, and > COMMENTS > about each). version control e.g. for writing articles by several authors > > What do you like best about Lyx? solid program based on latex, small files, recoverable (though I seldom had any accisent with it), versatility in appearance of document > > What would you most like to see added to Lyx? a CD life containing all ingrediences needed to write documents, add bibliography (pybliographer, Jabref) and figures (xfig, gimp, PyX, PSTricks) ... to allow e.g. coauthors to use the same tools I am using without interfering with his/her Betriebssystem (unix/windows/mac..) > > Do you have any other comments that you would like to share? > > -- > Daryl H. Hepting, Ph.D. > Associate Professor * Computer Science Department * CW 308.22 > University of Regina * Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada S4S 0A2 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.cs.uregina.ca/~hepting > tel: (306) 585-5210 * fax: (306) 585-4745
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