Fwd: Re: Historical question
Dear Anders, this might interest you (history of Lyx) Wolfgang -- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -- Subject: Re: Historical question Date: Mittwoch, 13. September 2006 22:50 From: Alex [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Dear Wolfgang, Thanks. I can understand most of the text. I started to study german ;) I will contact him. It is very strange for me, that I could not find info how old is this wonderful tool! I prefer to put it onto the website, when it is known. Alex Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: Am Mittwoch, 13. September 2006 21:37 schrieb Alex: Hi! I would like to know when was the development of LyX started? I could find 0.8.0 dated to 21st of dec, 1995. But when was it first announced or released to the public? Alex you might like to contact Matthias Ettrich who is currently at Trolltech in Oslo (N). He should know, since he started Lyx as a seminar work. In case you need translation of the following, let me know Wolfgang http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Ettrich aus Wikipedia, der freien Enzyklopädie Wechseln zu: Navigation, Suche Matthias Ettrich auf dem LinuxTag 2005 vergrößern Matthias Ettrich auf dem LinuxTag 2005 Matthias Ettrich (* 14. Juni 1972 in Bietigheim, Deutschland) ist ein deutscher Informatiker und der Initiator des KDE-Projekts, indem er 1996 eine konsistente, nette und freie Desktop-Umgebung [sic] [1] für Unix im Usenet in Angriff nahm, die auf dem Qt-GUI-Toolkit basiert. Seit 1995 ist der deutsche Programmierer ebenso Autor des grafischen TeX-Frontends LyX, das er als Student zur Abfassung seiner Seminararbeiten als Semesterarbeit entwickelte. Da LyX hauptsächlich für Linux gedacht war, versuchte er, die Linux Desktop Umgebung für Anwender zu vereinfachen. Die Einsicht, dass dies nur über Vereinheitlichung möglich sei, führte schließlich zur Gründung des KDE-Projektes. Er studierte am Wilhelm-Schickard-Institut für Informatik an der Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen und arbeitet zur Zeit bei Trolltech in Oslo an der Weiterentwicklung von Qt, der Toolkit-Basis von KDE. --- -- - Wolfgang Engelmann Schlossgartenstrasse 22 D-72070 Tübingen Tel 07071 68325
Re: Historical question
Oh, no, I don't still use that version. But I got more involved after I found the program (who here remembers when Matthias called it LyriX?) I think he called it first Lynx - which was already used... Wolfgang The name was changed because someone contacted Matthias threatening to sue, that name having been taken for a word processor of some sort.
Fwd: Re: Historical question
Subject: Fwd: Re: Historical question Date: Donnerstag, 14. September 2006 08:27 From: Wolfgang Engelmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org sorry for a miss-directed letter Wolfgang
Fwd: Re: Historical question
Dear Anders, this might interest you (history of Lyx) Wolfgang -- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -- Subject: Re: Historical question Date: Mittwoch, 13. September 2006 22:50 From: Alex [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Dear Wolfgang, Thanks. I can understand most of the text. I started to study german ;) I will contact him. It is very strange for me, that I could not find info how old is this wonderful tool! I prefer to put it onto the website, when it is known. Alex Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: Am Mittwoch, 13. September 2006 21:37 schrieb Alex: Hi! I would like to know when was the development of LyX started? I could find 0.8.0 dated to 21st of dec, 1995. But when was it first announced or released to the public? Alex you might like to contact Matthias Ettrich who is currently at Trolltech in Oslo (N). He should know, since he started Lyx as a seminar work. In case you need translation of the following, let me know Wolfgang http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Ettrich aus Wikipedia, der freien Enzyklopädie Wechseln zu: Navigation, Suche Matthias Ettrich auf dem LinuxTag 2005 vergrößern Matthias Ettrich auf dem LinuxTag 2005 Matthias Ettrich (* 14. Juni 1972 in Bietigheim, Deutschland) ist ein deutscher Informatiker und der Initiator des KDE-Projekts, indem er 1996 eine konsistente, nette und freie Desktop-Umgebung [sic] [1] für Unix im Usenet in Angriff nahm, die auf dem Qt-GUI-Toolkit basiert. Seit 1995 ist der deutsche Programmierer ebenso Autor des grafischen TeX-Frontends LyX, das er als Student zur Abfassung seiner Seminararbeiten als Semesterarbeit entwickelte. Da LyX hauptsächlich für Linux gedacht war, versuchte er, die Linux Desktop Umgebung für Anwender zu vereinfachen. Die Einsicht, dass dies nur über Vereinheitlichung möglich sei, führte schließlich zur Gründung des KDE-Projektes. Er studierte am Wilhelm-Schickard-Institut für Informatik an der Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen und arbeitet zur Zeit bei Trolltech in Oslo an der Weiterentwicklung von Qt, der Toolkit-Basis von KDE. --- -- - Wolfgang Engelmann Schlossgartenstrasse 22 D-72070 Tübingen Tel 07071 68325
Re: Historical question
Oh, no, I don't still use that version. But I got more involved after I found the program (who here remembers when Matthias called it LyriX?) I think he called it first Lynx - which was already used... Wolfgang The name was changed because someone contacted Matthias threatening to sue, that name having been taken for a word processor of some sort.
Fwd: Re: Historical question
Subject: Fwd: Re: Historical question Date: Donnerstag, 14. September 2006 08:27 From: Wolfgang Engelmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org sorry for a miss-directed letter Wolfgang
Fwd: Re: Historical question
Dear Anders, this might interest you (history of Lyx) Wolfgang -- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -- Subject: Re: Historical question Date: Mittwoch, 13. September 2006 22:50 From: Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Dear Wolfgang, Thanks. I can understand most of the text. I started to study german ;) I will contact him. It is very strange for me, that I could not find info how old is this wonderful tool! I prefer to put it onto the website, when it is known. Alex Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 13. September 2006 21:37 schrieb Alex: >> Hi! >> >> I would like to know when was the development of LyX started? >> >> I could find 0.8.0 dated to 21st of dec, 1995. >> >> But when was it first announced or released to the public? >> >> Alex > > you might like to contact Matthias Ettrich who is currently at Trolltech in > Oslo (N). He should know, since he started Lyx as a seminar work. In case > you need translation of the following, let me know > > Wolfgang > > http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Ettrich > aus Wikipedia, der freien Enzyklopädie > Wechseln zu: Navigation, Suche > Matthias Ettrich auf dem LinuxTag 2005 > vergrößern > Matthias Ettrich auf dem LinuxTag 2005 > > Matthias Ettrich (* 14. Juni 1972 in Bietigheim, Deutschland) ist ein > deutscher Informatiker und der Initiator des KDE-Projekts, indem er 1996 > eine "konsistente, nette und freie Desktop-Umgebung" [sic] [1] für Unix im > Usenet in Angriff nahm, die auf dem Qt-GUI-Toolkit basiert. > > Seit 1995 ist der deutsche Programmierer ebenso Autor des grafischen > TeX-Frontends LyX, das er als Student zur Abfassung seiner Seminararbeiten > als Semesterarbeit entwickelte. Da LyX hauptsächlich für Linux gedacht war, > versuchte er, die Linux Desktop Umgebung für Anwender zu vereinfachen. Die > Einsicht, dass dies nur über Vereinheitlichung möglich sei, führte > schließlich zur Gründung des KDE-Projektes. > > Er studierte am Wilhelm-Schickard-Institut für Informatik an der > Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen und arbeitet zur Zeit bei Trolltech in > Oslo an der Weiterentwicklung von Qt, der Toolkit-Basis von KDE. --- -- - Wolfgang Engelmann Schlossgartenstrasse 22 D-72070 Tübingen Tel 07071 68325
Re: Historical question
> Oh, no, I don't still use that version. But I got more involved after I > found the program (who here remembers when Matthias called it "LyriX"?) I think he called it first Lynx - which was already used... Wolfgang > The name was changed because someone contacted Matthias threatening to sue, > that name having been taken for a word processor of some sort.
Fwd: Re: Historical question
Subject: Fwd: Re: Historical question Date: Donnerstag, 14. September 2006 08:27 From: Wolfgang Engelmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org sorry for a miss-directed letter Wolfgang
Historical question
Hi! I would like to know when was the development of LyX started? I could find 0.8.0 dated to 21st of dec, 1995. But when was it first announced or released to the public? Alex
Re: Historical question
On Wednesday 13 September 2006 20:37, Alex wrote: Hi! I would like to know when was the development of LyX started? This is what I have been able to dig. If you have details to add I am all hears. :-) I could find 0.8.0 dated to 21st of dec, 1995. But when was it first announced or released to the public? In 95, David mentioned last month that he still used the motif based version. (At version 1.5 :-) Some lines refer this in the Changelog from 0.7 code that we have in ftp.lyx.org Those are the packages I have been able to recover in 2003. Alex -- José Abílio
Re: Historical question
Am Mittwoch, 13. September 2006 21:37 schrieb Alex: Hi! I would like to know when was the development of LyX started? I could find 0.8.0 dated to 21st of dec, 1995. But when was it first announced or released to the public? Alex you might like to contact Matthias Ettrich who is currently at Trolltech in Oslo (N). He should know, since he started Lyx as a seminar work. In case you need translation of the following, let me know Wolfgang http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Ettrich aus Wikipedia, der freien Enzyklopädie Wechseln zu: Navigation, Suche Matthias Ettrich auf dem LinuxTag 2005 vergrößern Matthias Ettrich auf dem LinuxTag 2005 Matthias Ettrich (* 14. Juni 1972 in Bietigheim, Deutschland) ist ein deutscher Informatiker und der Initiator des KDE-Projekts, indem er 1996 eine konsistente, nette und freie Desktop-Umgebung [sic] [1] für Unix im Usenet in Angriff nahm, die auf dem Qt-GUI-Toolkit basiert. Seit 1995 ist der deutsche Programmierer ebenso Autor des grafischen TeX-Frontends LyX, das er als Student zur Abfassung seiner Seminararbeiten als Semesterarbeit entwickelte. Da LyX hauptsächlich für Linux gedacht war, versuchte er, die Linux Desktop Umgebung für Anwender zu vereinfachen. Die Einsicht, dass dies nur über Vereinheitlichung möglich sei, führte schließlich zur Gründung des KDE-Projektes. Er studierte am Wilhelm-Schickard-Institut für Informatik an der Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen und arbeitet zur Zeit bei Trolltech in Oslo an der Weiterentwicklung von Qt, der Toolkit-Basis von KDE.
Re: Historical question
Dear Wolfgang, Thanks. I can understand most of the text. I started to study german ;) I will contact him. It is very strange for me, that I could not find info how old is this wonderful tool! I prefer to put it onto the website, when it is known. Alex Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: Am Mittwoch, 13. September 2006 21:37 schrieb Alex: Hi! I would like to know when was the development of LyX started? I could find 0.8.0 dated to 21st of dec, 1995. But when was it first announced or released to the public? Alex you might like to contact Matthias Ettrich who is currently at Trolltech in Oslo (N). He should know, since he started Lyx as a seminar work. In case you need translation of the following, let me know Wolfgang http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Ettrich aus Wikipedia, der freien Enzyklopädie Wechseln zu: Navigation, Suche Matthias Ettrich auf dem LinuxTag 2005 vergrößern Matthias Ettrich auf dem LinuxTag 2005 Matthias Ettrich (* 14. Juni 1972 in Bietigheim, Deutschland) ist ein deutscher Informatiker und der Initiator des KDE-Projekts, indem er 1996 eine konsistente, nette und freie Desktop-Umgebung [sic] [1] für Unix im Usenet in Angriff nahm, die auf dem Qt-GUI-Toolkit basiert. Seit 1995 ist der deutsche Programmierer ebenso Autor des grafischen TeX-Frontends LyX, das er als Student zur Abfassung seiner Seminararbeiten als Semesterarbeit entwickelte. Da LyX hauptsächlich für Linux gedacht war, versuchte er, die Linux Desktop Umgebung für Anwender zu vereinfachen. Die Einsicht, dass dies nur über Vereinheitlichung möglich sei, führte schließlich zur Gründung des KDE-Projektes. Er studierte am Wilhelm-Schickard-Institut für Informatik an der Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen und arbeitet zur Zeit bei Trolltech in Oslo an der Weiterentwicklung von Qt, der Toolkit-Basis von KDE.
Re: Historical question
On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 21:05:43 +0100 José Matos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 13 September 2006 20:37, Alex wrote: Hi! I would like to know when was the development of LyX started? This is what I have been able to dig. If you have details to add I am all hears. :-) I could find 0.8.0 dated to 21st of dec, 1995. But when was it first announced or released to the public? In 95, David mentioned last month that he still used the motif based version. (At version 1.5 :-) Oh, no, I don't still use that version. But I got more involved after I found the program (who here remembers when Matthias called it LyriX?) because of motif. In order to compile it under linux, you needed motif libraries. I had actually gone out and paid for them, so provided (legally, I think...) binaries. Heck, I think the first ones were static binaries. The whole tarball, with binary, fit on one floppy disk. I also built AIX-3.5 binaries, and some of those are still in the archives. The name was changed because someone contacted Matthias threatening to sue, that name having been taken for a word processor of some sort. I no longer can find any of these old binaries. But, they were carved on clay tablets, anyway, so I couldn't read them now. I believe Matthias released his first version sometime in 1995. It did not display math at all. All formulas were ERT. Yes, it was red, even back then. I don't recall a version number. -- David L. Johnson __o | The lottery is a tax on those who fail to understand _`\(,_ | mathematics. (_)/ (_) |
Historical question
Hi! I would like to know when was the development of LyX started? I could find 0.8.0 dated to 21st of dec, 1995. But when was it first announced or released to the public? Alex
Re: Historical question
On Wednesday 13 September 2006 20:37, Alex wrote: Hi! I would like to know when was the development of LyX started? This is what I have been able to dig. If you have details to add I am all hears. :-) I could find 0.8.0 dated to 21st of dec, 1995. But when was it first announced or released to the public? In 95, David mentioned last month that he still used the motif based version. (At version 1.5 :-) Some lines refer this in the Changelog from 0.7 code that we have in ftp.lyx.org Those are the packages I have been able to recover in 2003. Alex -- José Abílio
Re: Historical question
Am Mittwoch, 13. September 2006 21:37 schrieb Alex: Hi! I would like to know when was the development of LyX started? I could find 0.8.0 dated to 21st of dec, 1995. But when was it first announced or released to the public? Alex you might like to contact Matthias Ettrich who is currently at Trolltech in Oslo (N). He should know, since he started Lyx as a seminar work. In case you need translation of the following, let me know Wolfgang http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Ettrich aus Wikipedia, der freien Enzyklopädie Wechseln zu: Navigation, Suche Matthias Ettrich auf dem LinuxTag 2005 vergrößern Matthias Ettrich auf dem LinuxTag 2005 Matthias Ettrich (* 14. Juni 1972 in Bietigheim, Deutschland) ist ein deutscher Informatiker und der Initiator des KDE-Projekts, indem er 1996 eine konsistente, nette und freie Desktop-Umgebung [sic] [1] für Unix im Usenet in Angriff nahm, die auf dem Qt-GUI-Toolkit basiert. Seit 1995 ist der deutsche Programmierer ebenso Autor des grafischen TeX-Frontends LyX, das er als Student zur Abfassung seiner Seminararbeiten als Semesterarbeit entwickelte. Da LyX hauptsächlich für Linux gedacht war, versuchte er, die Linux Desktop Umgebung für Anwender zu vereinfachen. Die Einsicht, dass dies nur über Vereinheitlichung möglich sei, führte schließlich zur Gründung des KDE-Projektes. Er studierte am Wilhelm-Schickard-Institut für Informatik an der Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen und arbeitet zur Zeit bei Trolltech in Oslo an der Weiterentwicklung von Qt, der Toolkit-Basis von KDE.
Re: Historical question
Dear Wolfgang, Thanks. I can understand most of the text. I started to study german ;) I will contact him. It is very strange for me, that I could not find info how old is this wonderful tool! I prefer to put it onto the website, when it is known. Alex Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: Am Mittwoch, 13. September 2006 21:37 schrieb Alex: Hi! I would like to know when was the development of LyX started? I could find 0.8.0 dated to 21st of dec, 1995. But when was it first announced or released to the public? Alex you might like to contact Matthias Ettrich who is currently at Trolltech in Oslo (N). He should know, since he started Lyx as a seminar work. In case you need translation of the following, let me know Wolfgang http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Ettrich aus Wikipedia, der freien Enzyklopädie Wechseln zu: Navigation, Suche Matthias Ettrich auf dem LinuxTag 2005 vergrößern Matthias Ettrich auf dem LinuxTag 2005 Matthias Ettrich (* 14. Juni 1972 in Bietigheim, Deutschland) ist ein deutscher Informatiker und der Initiator des KDE-Projekts, indem er 1996 eine konsistente, nette und freie Desktop-Umgebung [sic] [1] für Unix im Usenet in Angriff nahm, die auf dem Qt-GUI-Toolkit basiert. Seit 1995 ist der deutsche Programmierer ebenso Autor des grafischen TeX-Frontends LyX, das er als Student zur Abfassung seiner Seminararbeiten als Semesterarbeit entwickelte. Da LyX hauptsächlich für Linux gedacht war, versuchte er, die Linux Desktop Umgebung für Anwender zu vereinfachen. Die Einsicht, dass dies nur über Vereinheitlichung möglich sei, führte schließlich zur Gründung des KDE-Projektes. Er studierte am Wilhelm-Schickard-Institut für Informatik an der Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen und arbeitet zur Zeit bei Trolltech in Oslo an der Weiterentwicklung von Qt, der Toolkit-Basis von KDE.
Re: Historical question
On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 21:05:43 +0100 José Matos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 13 September 2006 20:37, Alex wrote: Hi! I would like to know when was the development of LyX started? This is what I have been able to dig. If you have details to add I am all hears. :-) I could find 0.8.0 dated to 21st of dec, 1995. But when was it first announced or released to the public? In 95, David mentioned last month that he still used the motif based version. (At version 1.5 :-) Oh, no, I don't still use that version. But I got more involved after I found the program (who here remembers when Matthias called it LyriX?) because of motif. In order to compile it under linux, you needed motif libraries. I had actually gone out and paid for them, so provided (legally, I think...) binaries. Heck, I think the first ones were static binaries. The whole tarball, with binary, fit on one floppy disk. I also built AIX-3.5 binaries, and some of those are still in the archives. The name was changed because someone contacted Matthias threatening to sue, that name having been taken for a word processor of some sort. I no longer can find any of these old binaries. But, they were carved on clay tablets, anyway, so I couldn't read them now. I believe Matthias released his first version sometime in 1995. It did not display math at all. All formulas were ERT. Yes, it was red, even back then. I don't recall a version number. -- David L. Johnson __o | The lottery is a tax on those who fail to understand _`\(,_ | mathematics. (_)/ (_) |
Historical question
Hi! I would like to know when was the development of LyX started? I could find 0.8.0 dated to 21st of dec, 1995. But when was it first announced or released to the public? Alex
Re: Historical question
On Wednesday 13 September 2006 20:37, Alex wrote: > Hi! > > I would like to know when was the development of LyX started? This is what I have been able to dig. If you have details to add I am all hears. :-) > I could find 0.8.0 dated to 21st of dec, 1995. > > But when was it first announced or released to the public? In 95, David mentioned last month that he still used the motif based version. (At version 1.5 :-) Some lines refer this in the Changelog from 0.7 code that we have in ftp.lyx.org Those are the packages I have been able to recover in 2003. > Alex -- José Abílio
Re: Historical question
Am Mittwoch, 13. September 2006 21:37 schrieb Alex: > Hi! > > I would like to know when was the development of LyX started? > > I could find 0.8.0 dated to 21st of dec, 1995. > > But when was it first announced or released to the public? > > Alex you might like to contact Matthias Ettrich who is currently at Trolltech in Oslo (N). He should know, since he started Lyx as a seminar work. In case you need translation of the following, let me know Wolfgang http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Ettrich aus Wikipedia, der freien Enzyklopädie Wechseln zu: Navigation, Suche Matthias Ettrich auf dem LinuxTag 2005 vergrößern Matthias Ettrich auf dem LinuxTag 2005 Matthias Ettrich (* 14. Juni 1972 in Bietigheim, Deutschland) ist ein deutscher Informatiker und der Initiator des KDE-Projekts, indem er 1996 eine "konsistente, nette und freie Desktop-Umgebung" [sic] [1] für Unix im Usenet in Angriff nahm, die auf dem Qt-GUI-Toolkit basiert. Seit 1995 ist der deutsche Programmierer ebenso Autor des grafischen TeX-Frontends LyX, das er als Student zur Abfassung seiner Seminararbeiten als Semesterarbeit entwickelte. Da LyX hauptsächlich für Linux gedacht war, versuchte er, die Linux Desktop Umgebung für Anwender zu vereinfachen. Die Einsicht, dass dies nur über Vereinheitlichung möglich sei, führte schließlich zur Gründung des KDE-Projektes. Er studierte am Wilhelm-Schickard-Institut für Informatik an der Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen und arbeitet zur Zeit bei Trolltech in Oslo an der Weiterentwicklung von Qt, der Toolkit-Basis von KDE.
Re: Historical question
Dear Wolfgang, Thanks. I can understand most of the text. I started to study german ;) I will contact him. It is very strange for me, that I could not find info how old is this wonderful tool! I prefer to put it onto the website, when it is known. Alex Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 13. September 2006 21:37 schrieb Alex: >> Hi! >> >> I would like to know when was the development of LyX started? >> >> I could find 0.8.0 dated to 21st of dec, 1995. >> >> But when was it first announced or released to the public? >> >> Alex > > you might like to contact Matthias Ettrich who is currently at Trolltech in > Oslo (N). He should know, since he started Lyx as a seminar work. In case you > need translation of the following, let me know > > Wolfgang > > http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias_Ettrich > aus Wikipedia, der freien Enzyklopädie > Wechseln zu: Navigation, Suche > Matthias Ettrich auf dem LinuxTag 2005 > vergrößern > Matthias Ettrich auf dem LinuxTag 2005 > > Matthias Ettrich (* 14. Juni 1972 in Bietigheim, Deutschland) ist ein > deutscher Informatiker und der Initiator des KDE-Projekts, indem er 1996 eine > "konsistente, nette und freie Desktop-Umgebung" [sic] [1] für Unix im Usenet > in Angriff nahm, die auf dem Qt-GUI-Toolkit basiert. > > Seit 1995 ist der deutsche Programmierer ebenso Autor des grafischen > TeX-Frontends LyX, das er als Student zur Abfassung seiner Seminararbeiten > als Semesterarbeit entwickelte. Da LyX hauptsächlich für Linux gedacht war, > versuchte er, die Linux Desktop Umgebung für Anwender zu vereinfachen. Die > Einsicht, dass dies nur über Vereinheitlichung möglich sei, führte > schließlich zur Gründung des KDE-Projektes. > > Er studierte am Wilhelm-Schickard-Institut für Informatik an der > Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen und arbeitet zur Zeit bei Trolltech in > Oslo an der Weiterentwicklung von Qt, der Toolkit-Basis von KDE. > >
Re: Historical question
On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 21:05:43 +0100 José Matos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 13 September 2006 20:37, Alex wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I would like to know when was the development of LyX started? > > This is what I have been able to dig. If you have details to add I am all > hears. :-) > > > I could find 0.8.0 dated to 21st of dec, 1995. > > > > But when was it first announced or released to the public? > > In 95, David mentioned last month that he still used the motif based > version. (At version 1.5 :-) Oh, no, I don't still use that version. But I got more involved after I found the program (who here remembers when Matthias called it "LyriX"?) because of motif. In order to compile it under linux, you needed motif libraries. I had actually gone out and paid for them, so provided (legally, I think...) binaries. Heck, I think the first ones were static binaries. The whole tarball, with binary, fit on one floppy disk. I also built AIX-3.5 binaries, and some of those are still in the archives. The name was changed because someone contacted Matthias threatening to sue, that name having been taken for a word processor of some sort. I no longer can find any of these old binaries. But, they were carved on clay tablets, anyway, so I couldn't read them now. I believe Matthias released his first version sometime in 1995. It did not display math at all. All formulas were ERT. Yes, it was red, even back then. I don't recall a version number. -- David L. Johnson __o | The lottery is a tax on those who fail to understand _`\(,_ | mathematics. (_)/ (_) |
