Re: Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-22 Thread Pavel Sanda 
Scott Kostyshak wrote:
 Also note that Wikipedia's LyX page [1] lists the following:
 LyX 0.7.0 was released on October 24, 1995.

That's derived from in depth searching I did few years back
and put on the page posted in my previous mail.

BTW David, do you still have somewhere stored any pre 0.7 source code
or announcement messages?

Pavel

Re: Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-22 Thread Liviu Andronic 
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 4:49 AM, David L. Johnson d...@lehigh.edu wrote:
 at one time, and used Motif widgets).  It was originally called LyriX,
 but Matthais got a letter from a lawyer about that, so he changed the name.

According to Matthias: The idea to simply strip the name down to LyX
came from David Johnson.

Was it so? :)

Liviu

Re: Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-22 Thread Pavel Sanda 
Scott Kostyshak wrote:
 Also note that Wikipedia's LyX page [1] lists the following:
 LyX 0.7.0 was released on October 24, 1995.

That's derived from in depth searching I did few years back
and put on the page posted in my previous mail.

BTW David, do you still have somewhere stored any pre 0.7 source code
or announcement messages?

Pavel

Re: Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-22 Thread Liviu Andronic 
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 4:49 AM, David L. Johnson d...@lehigh.edu wrote:
 at one time, and used Motif widgets).  It was originally called LyriX,
 but Matthais got a letter from a lawyer about that, so he changed the name.

According to Matthias: The idea to simply strip the name down to LyX
came from David Johnson.

Was it so? :)

Liviu

Re: Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-22 Thread Pavel Sanda 
Scott Kostyshak wrote:
> Also note that Wikipedia's LyX page [1] lists the following:
> LyX 0.7.0 was released on October 24, 1995.

That's derived from in depth searching I did few years back
and put on the page posted in my previous mail.

BTW David, do you still have somewhere stored any pre 0.7 source code
or announcement messages?

Pavel

Re: Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-22 Thread Liviu Andronic 
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 4:49 AM, David L. Johnson  wrote:
> at one time, and used Motif widgets).  It was originally called "LyriX",
> but Matthais got a letter from a lawyer about that, so he changed the name.
>
According to Matthias: "The idea to simply strip the name down to LyX
came from David Johnson."

Was it so? :)

Liviu

Re: Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-21 Thread Scott Kostyshak 
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 10:49 PM, David L. Johnson d...@lehigh.edu wrote:


  Original Message   Subject: Re: Question: Using LyX as
 your daily word processor  Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 12:22:19 -0400  From: David
 L. Johnson david.john...@lehigh.edu david.john...@lehigh.edu  To: Wolfgang
 Keller felip...@gmx.net felip...@gmx.net

 I just checked, and found a copy of an old webpage I used to maintain
 for it.  (I also used to provide binaries that had Motif statically
 linked for those who did not have Motif -- LyX/LyriX was linux/unix only
 at one time, and used Motif widgets).  It was originally called LyriX,
 but Matthais got a letter from a lawyer about that, so he changed the name.

 The date I have on that old webpage is February, 1999.  But, looking at
 that file, by that time things were pretty far along.  Several
 developers were working on it, and it was far more advanced than the
 first versions.  So, the original versions must have been in the
 mid-'90s, believe it or not.

 And I have been using it for all of my writing since the first versions.

 --

 David L. Johnson

 A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by
 little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
   --Ralph Waldo Emerson


Interesting stories. Here is the history wiki page (which is in need of an
update from you LyX veterans before you lose your memory!):
http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/History

Also note that Wikipedia's LyX page [1] lists the following:
LyX 0.7.0 was released on October 24, 1995.

Scott

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LyX

Re: Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-21 Thread Scott Kostyshak 
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 10:49 PM, David L. Johnson d...@lehigh.edu wrote:


  Original Message   Subject: Re: Question: Using LyX as
 your daily word processor  Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 12:22:19 -0400  From: David
 L. Johnson david.john...@lehigh.edu david.john...@lehigh.edu  To: Wolfgang
 Keller felip...@gmx.net felip...@gmx.net

 I just checked, and found a copy of an old webpage I used to maintain
 for it.  (I also used to provide binaries that had Motif statically
 linked for those who did not have Motif -- LyX/LyriX was linux/unix only
 at one time, and used Motif widgets).  It was originally called LyriX,
 but Matthais got a letter from a lawyer about that, so he changed the name.

 The date I have on that old webpage is February, 1999.  But, looking at
 that file, by that time things were pretty far along.  Several
 developers were working on it, and it was far more advanced than the
 first versions.  So, the original versions must have been in the
 mid-'90s, believe it or not.

 And I have been using it for all of my writing since the first versions.

 --

 David L. Johnson

 A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by
 little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
   --Ralph Waldo Emerson


Interesting stories. Here is the history wiki page (which is in need of an
update from you LyX veterans before you lose your memory!):
http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/History

Also note that Wikipedia's LyX page [1] lists the following:
LyX 0.7.0 was released on October 24, 1995.

Scott

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LyX

Re: Re: Question: Using LyX as your daily word processor

2013-08-21 Thread Scott Kostyshak 
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 10:49 PM, David L. Johnson <d...@lehigh.edu> wrote:

>
>  Original Message ----  Subject: Re: Question: Using LyX as
> your daily word processor  Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 12:22:19 -0400  From: David
> L. Johnson <david.john...@lehigh.edu> <david.john...@lehigh.edu>  To: Wolfgang
> Keller <felip...@gmx.net> <felip...@gmx.net>
>
> I just checked, and found a copy of an old webpage I used to maintain
> for it.  (I also used to provide binaries that had Motif statically
> linked for those who did not have Motif -- LyX/LyriX was linux/unix only
> at one time, and used Motif widgets).  It was originally called "LyriX",
> but Matthais got a letter from a lawyer about that, so he changed the name.
>
> The date I have on that old webpage is February, 1999.  But, looking at
> that file, by that time things were pretty far along.  Several
> developers were working on it, and it was far more advanced than the
> first versions.  So, the original versions must have been in the
> mid-'90s, believe it or not.
>
> And I have been using it for all of my writing since the first versions.
>
> --
>
> David L. Johnson
>
> "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by
> little statesmen and philosophers and divines."
>   --Ralph Waldo Emerson
>
>
Interesting stories. Here is the history wiki page (which is in need of an
update from you LyX veterans before you lose your memory!):
http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/History

Also note that Wikipedia's LyX page [1] lists the following:
LyX 0.7.0 was released on October 24, 1995.

Scott

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LyX