Support for Arabic writing

2000-01-20 Thread Luqman Hakim
Is there any support for Arabic writing in Lyx ? I know there are ArabTeX for writing Arabic with LaTeX command. but, could it be used with Lyx ? Luqman Hakim - www.crosswinds.net/~luqe

Re: ./configure error in lyx1.1.4pre2

2000-01-20 Thread Allan Rae
On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen wrote: > > What I'd like to see on the other hand is a nice banner and nice icons > > when we have more that 256 colors available... > > So when do you start drawing? I was working with Gimp-1.1.x over the last weekend on a snazzy new splashscreen u

mkdir

2000-01-20 Thread Dr. Ing. Roland Krause
In the current cvs version definition and implementation of mkdir have different parameters. In lyxlib.h int mkdir(char const * pathname, unsigned int mode); and in mkdir.C int mkdir(char const * pathname, mode_t mode) This wont compile under cygwinb20, gcc-2.95.2. I changed mode_t in mkdir.C

Hebrew patch

2000-01-20 Thread Dekel Tsur
Here is a the latest version of my Hebrew patch (+ hebrew keymap). I really want that this patch will be added to the main development branch (and not a separate branch) since 1. The size of this patch makes it difficult to update the patch against the CVS: I get a lot of conflicts. ( actually, I

Re: ./configure error in lyx1.1.4pre2

2000-01-20 Thread ctdole
I have been working on my own set of icons for LyX for some time now, mostly for my own enjoyment. I took the Gnome icon set, resized them to fit inside of the xforms buttons and added a few of my own. I even added a few lines of code to toolbar.C and added the buttons, new, fax, undo, redo, spell

Re: Bug in math editor using emacs-style key bindings

2000-01-20 Thread Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen
> Actually just as irritating is that the preamble editor quits when pressing > ESC. As a vi man, I tend to do that thoughtlessly :-( The second patch I submitted to LyX, was a patch that among other things added ESC as a shortcut to close most dialogs. So I will not be the person to remove tha

Re: Bug in math editor using emacs-style key bindings

2000-01-20 Thread mressler
On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Seak, Teng-Fong wrote: > Isn't it possible to bind Ctrl+C to copy? Nowadays, it's almost > a universal convention to use Ctrl+C (or Option C for Macs) for copy > in any system, any application. It'd better get rid of emacs' archaic > keybinding. \begin{flamebait}

Re: LyX CVS access problem

2000-01-20 Thread Dr. Ing. Roland Krause
k--sig.h. > > So, even if you don't want this applied to the repository any potential > gui-indep people are likely to need it. Roland are you still keen? > > Allan. (ARRae) > > ---- >

Re: Lyx-devel mailing list (fwd)

2000-01-20 Thread Mate Wierdl
Asger, It is best to forward these messages to the list owner, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thx, Mate

Bugs in 1.1.4pre2

2000-01-20 Thread Michael Schmitt
Hello everybody, found a few bugs in 1.1.4pre2. I attach the purify output to this email. In case you want to give some feedback or ask me for further details (well, I am not quite sure whether I can give you further details), please send an email directly to my address as the WWW access to the

Icons contest! (Was Re: ./configure error in lyx1.1.4pre2)

2000-01-20 Thread Jose Abilio Oliveira Matos
On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 04:21:22PM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > "Asger" == Asger K Alstrup Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> What I'd like to see on the other hand is a nice banner and nice > >> icons when we have more that 256 colors available... > > Asger> So when do you

Re: Bug in math editor using emacs-style key bindings

2000-01-20 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Martin" == Martin Vermeer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Martin> Actually just as irritating is that the preamble editor quits Martin> when pressing ESC. As a vi man, I tend to do that Martin> thoughtlessly :-( Martin> Any idea to re-assign it? You have to change the code for that. Remove t

Re: LyX CVS access problem

2000-01-20 Thread Andre Poenitz
> > I'm sure Lgb can find a way to exempt in this case. > > Be warned though, beer is NOT cheap in Norway. > > Can't we make it a free weekend by borrowing in advance from the money we're > going to make on the IPO of LyX, Inc.? I fear even a good IPO of LyX, Inc. won't make enough money for a f

Perhaps, two LyX bugs and two wishes

2000-01-20 Thread Emanuele Gissi & Alessia Franceschi
Hi, First: thanks for your work for the linux community. I installed lyx 1.1.4pre2 so to beta-test it, I think I found a bug (or two) in bibtex files management. What I did: 1) loaded text.lyx (attached) 2) Insert -> Citation reference There are no keys in the "key" popdown! 3) I typed by hand

Re: Bug in math editor using emacs-style key bindings

2000-01-20 Thread Martin Vermeer
Actually just as irritating is that the preamble editor quits when pressing ESC. As a vi man, I tend to do that thoughtlessly :-( Any idea to re-assign it? Martin -- Martin Vermeer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone +358 9 295 55 215 Fax +358 9 295 55 200 Finnish Geodetic InstituteGeodeetinrinne

Re: Bug in math editor using emacs-style key bindings

2000-01-20 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Asger" == Asger K Alstrup Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Asger> Exactly this feature was implemented at TILDEM, and in the Asger> hopefully not too distant future, this will be backported to Asger> 1.1.x. I planned to do that some time ago, and even started Asger> downloading the old

Re: ./configure error in lyx1.1.4pre2

2000-01-20 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Asger" == Asger K Alstrup Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> What I'd like to see on the other hand is a nice banner and nice >> icons when we have more that 256 colors available... Asger> So when do you start drawing? You would not want to use icons rawn by me even if I paid for tha

Re: Bug in math editor using emacs-style key bindings

2000-01-20 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Angus> Can I extend this to a feature request: Life would be made very Angus> easy if the short-cuts to each menu-function were identified on Angus> the menu-tabs (as is done by many other packages). If this is Angus> easy to do and someo

Re: LyX CVS access problem

2000-01-20 Thread Amir Karger
On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 04:08:52PM +0100, Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen wrote: > > What we could try is to get sponsoring from some open-sourcish firm. > > Lgb, maybe you could ask Matthias if Troll Tech could donate a bit of > cash, and we would pay back by paving the way for the Qt port of LyX? >

Re: LyX CVS access problem

2000-01-20 Thread Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen
> Can't we make it a free weekend by borrowing in advance from the money we're > going to make on the IPO of LyX, Inc.? What we could try is to get sponsoring from some open-sourcish firm. Lgb, maybe you could ask Matthias if Troll Tech could donate a bit of cash, and we would pay back by paving

Re: Bug in math editor using emacs-style key bindings

2000-01-20 Thread Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen
> Can I extend this to a feature request: Life would be made very easy if the > short-cuts to each menu-function were identified on the menu-tabs (as is done > by many other packages). If this is easy to do and someone would hold my hand, > I'll volunteer. Exactly this feature was implemented at

Re: ./configure error in lyx1.1.4pre2

2000-01-20 Thread Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen
> What I'd like to see on the other hand is a nice banner and nice icons > when we have more that 256 colors available... So when do you start drawing? Greets, Asger

Re: LyX CVS access problem

2000-01-20 Thread Amir Karger
On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 03:58:29PM +0100, Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen wrote: > > What if we just want to drink Norwegian beer? > > I'm sure Lgb can find a way to exempt in this case. > Be warned though, beer is NOT cheap in Norway. Can't we make it a free weekend by borrowing in advance from the mo

Re: Bug in math editor using emacs-style key bindings

2000-01-20 Thread Angus Leeming
Angus>>> Could I request that this feature be removed so that emacs-style Angus>>>bindings are useable. Please, please, please. Amir>> But what about all the people who don't use emacs bindings? JMarc> The idea is do make it work with emacs bindings, of course. For JMarc> example, in emacs bindi

Re: ./configure error in lyx1.1.4pre2

2000-01-20 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Asger" == Asger K Alstrup Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Asger> You can argue that humans dither better than machines, so it Asger> might still be relevant to have black/white icons. I don't Asger> think it's worth it, and that was what I meant when I said Asger> don't worry about the

Re: LyX CVS access problem

2000-01-20 Thread Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen
> What if we just want to drink Norwegian beer? I'm sure Lgb can find a way to exempt in this case. Be warned though, beer is NOT cheap in Norway. Greets, Asger

Re: ./configure error in lyx1.1.4pre2

2000-01-20 Thread Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen
> Moreover, I though libxpm was able to dither icons. Am I wrong? You can argue that humans dither better than machines, so it might still be relevant to have black/white icons. I don't think it's worth it, and that was what I meant when I said don't worry about the icons. Greets, Asger

Re: Bug in math editor using emacs-style key bindings

2000-01-20 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Angus> Can somebody please explain to me why the Esc button exits me Angus> from math-editor mode. I know it's meant to, I've read the Angus> documentation. What I can't understand is why this is a Good Angus> Thing. The functionality is

Re: Bug in math editor using emacs-style key bindings

2000-01-20 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Amir" == Amir Karger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Could I request that this feature be removed so that emacs-style >> bindings are useable. Please, please, please. Amir> But what about all the people who don't use emacs bindings? The idea is do make it work with emacs bindings, of cour

Re: Bug in math editor using emacs-style key bindings

2000-01-20 Thread Amir Karger
On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 10:27:16AM +, Angus Leeming wrote: > > Can somebody please explain to me why the Esc button exits me from math-editor > mode. I know it's meant to, I've read the documentation. What I can't > understand is why this is a Good Thing. The functionality is already > provid

Re: LyX crash

2000-01-20 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Emmanuel" == Emmanuel Maitre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Emmanuel> I have a reproductible crash on LyX 1.1.3 compiled on Linux Emmanuel> glibc with the attached small file. It concerns a break of Emmanuel> line in an inset formula. It works when the formula is Emmanuel> displayed (in the L

Re: LyX CVS access problem

2000-01-20 Thread Amir Karger
On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 05:02:34AM +0100, Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > > Note all listeners: > There are room for plenty people so this is almost a general > invitation. However it would be nice if you had some interest in LyX > internals and contributing some code... What if we just want to dri

Re: ./configure error in lyx1.1.4pre2

2000-01-20 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Asger" == Asger K Alstrup Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> We plan to nuke it anyway. Question: do you have a particular >> reason to use it? I'd like to hear the opinion of people who >> actually think the option is needed. Asger> Black/white displays are still common in some place

Re: ./configure error in lyx1.1.4pre2

2000-01-20 Thread Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen
> We plan to nuke it anyway. Question: do you have a particular reason > to use it? I'd like to hear the opinion of people who actually think > the option is needed. Black/white displays are still common in some places, because they serve as cheap X servers. However, I think that as long as the

Lyx-devel mailing list (fwd)

2000-01-20 Thread Asger K. Alstrup Nielsen
- Forwarded message from Michael Schmitt - >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jan 20 09:49:34 2000 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from itm.mu-luebeck.de (wotan.itm.mu-luebeck.de [141.83.21.121]) by vidar.diku.dk (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id JAA15422 for <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Bug in math editor using emacs-style key bindings

2000-01-20 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Seak" == Seak, Teng-Fong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Seak> Angus Leeming wrote: >> A. My patience has snapped! I find LyX so impressive that I use >> it [] button (to click out). >> >> This functionality means that using emacs-style key bindings are a >> pain in the neck, as Copy

Strange behaviour in 1.1.4pre2

2000-01-20 Thread Henk Coetzee
Hi Firstly, many thanks to the developers. I am experiencing strange behaiour in Insert-Cross reference. My list of Labels doesn't appear most of the time, or I get am incomplete list. I am using Kayvan's RPM, on RH6.1. Henk -- Henk Coetzee G

Re: Prerelease LyX 1.1.4pre2

2000-01-20 Thread Jean-Pierre.Chretien
>>To: "Jean-Pierre.Chretien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: Prerelease LyX 1.1.4pre2 >>From: Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Date: 20 Jan 2000 11:48:18 +0100 >> >>> "Jean-Pierre" == Jean-Pierre Chretien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>Jean-Pierre> Conf

Re: Bug in math editor using emacs-style key bindings

2000-01-20 Thread Seak, Teng-Fong
Angus Leeming wrote: > A. My patience has snapped! I find LyX so impressive that I use it > [] > button (to click out). > > This functionality means that using emacs-style key bindings are a pain in the > neck, as Copy marked text is Esc-w. I have to find the pull-down menu everytime, > o

Re: Prerelease LyX 1.1.4pre2

2000-01-20 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Jean-Pierre" == Jean-Pierre Chretien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jean-Pierre> Configuration of LyX was successful. Type 'make' to Jean-Pierre> compile the program, and then 'make install' to install Jean-Pierre> it. - make fails, here is the sdterr output - # Jean-Pierre> make > lo

Bug in math editor using emacs-style key bindings

2000-01-20 Thread Angus Leeming
A. My patience has snapped! I find LyX so impressive that I use it all the time, but it has one irritation that is driving me up the wall... Can somebody please explain to me why the Esc button exits me from math-editor mode. I know it's meant to, I've read the documentation. What I can't und

Re: ./configure error in lyx1.1.4pre2

2000-01-20 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Staffan" == Staffan Ringbom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Staffan> Hello, Recognised a bug in LyX (that I have seen before). Staffan> ./configure --prefix=/opt --with-two-colors=yes Staffan> stops here: [...] Staffan> The easy fix is naturally to entirely disable the 2 Staffan> color-opt

Re: Prerelease LyX 1.1.4pre2

2000-01-20 Thread Jean-Pierre.Chretien
LGB wrote: [snip] >>Even if 1.1.4pre2 is beginning to look stable it has a lot of code >>that has not been tested throughly so you should be sure to make >>backups of important documents before trying it out. Still we need >>testers... please report all problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>Get the

./configure error in lyx1.1.4pre2

2000-01-20 Thread Staffan Ringbom
Hello, Recognised a bug in LyX (that I have seen before). ./configure --prefix=/opt --with-two-colors=yes stops here: lyx_gui.C: In method `void LyXGUI::create_forms()': lyx_gui.C:346: passing `const unsigned char *' as argument 4 of `fl_set_bitmapbutton_data(FL_OBJECT *, int, int, unsigned c