I was surprised to see that iTex does not seem to be prepared for extension to quantum computers. This is a missed opportunity. The iLyx community should really consider forking iTex into QiTex.
Manolo El jue, 21-04-2011 a las 21:10 +0200, Liviu Andronic escribió: > On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Guenter Milde <mi...@users.berlios.de> wrote: > > On 2011-04-20, Liviu Andronic wrote: > >> On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Julien Rioux > Unless you bother to > >> watch the video you won't get it. > >>> (jump to 13:30 for the pronunciation) > > > > Or read the transkript at http://www.tug.org/TUGboat/tb31-2/tb98knut.pdf: > > > > How does one properly pronounce this name? Listen carefully: “ˇı-t´ex” > > [“ ˇ ee-t´ecks”]. In the first place, you’ll notice that it should be > > said musically, with tones as in Mandarin. (The first vowel is spoken > > with a dipping tone, “ˇı”, where the pitch falls and then rises. The > > second vowel has a strictly rising tone, “´e”, almost as if you’re > > asking a question.) In the second place, you’ll notice that I’ve also > > rung a bell when saying the name. The bell is also part of the logo. > > > Ever since looking at the transcript and finally understanding what > this was all about, I was attempting to picture in my head the proper > Mandarin pronunciation. I think I got it pretty fine at several > occasions, but I'll have to watch the video. > > > >> OK, I got to the part: > >> "Every- > >> thing in the new system is menu-driven, somewhat > >> in the style of “Microsoft Word” but considerably > >> enhanced:" > > > >> So I guess we'll have to wait for pigs to fly before we port LyX to iTeX. > > > > Isn't LyX already an iTeX¹ prototype? > > > > * menu-driven > > > > * Of course the character set for my new system > > is Unicode, so that there is 100% support for all of > > the languages and metalanguages of the world. > > > > * Automatic spelling and grammar correction are built in > > for each language, > > > > * Different languages can freely be intermixed at will, always with > > appropriate ligatures, kerning, and hyphenation. > > > > * arbitrary symbolic calculations, with polynomials and power series and > > matrices and partial differential equation solvers and convex > > optimization, > > > > * the production of hyperdocuments and web pages > > > > Still lacking are the "innovative pricing strategies". > > > ..and support for 3D printing. :) But the other features are well > present, especially the brand new out-of-the-box support for R. > > Cheers > Liviu > > > > > > Günter > > > > > > ¹ [A bell rings at this point.] > > > > > > >
