Re: LyX Migration

2002-03-05 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Helmut" == Helmut Lichtenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Helmut> The NewLine does not have any effect as long as I have the Helmut> lines TextFont Latex latex EndFont in it. I also checked it by Helmut> inserting these 3 lines into dinbrief.layout Helmut> (Send_To_Address), which comes wi

Re: LyX Migration

2002-03-05 Thread Martin Vermeer
On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 03:40:08PM +0100, Helmut Lichtenberg wrote: > Anyway, it helps me in solving one more problem but it also shows me > that using LyX is (currently) not a full alternative for people who > use common office suites. It needs too much knowledge for everyday > users. > > Helm

Re: LyX Migration

2002-03-05 Thread Jules Bean
On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 03:40:08PM +0100, Helmut Lichtenberg wrote: > Anyway, it helps me in solving one more problem but it also shows me > that using LyX is (currently) not a full alternative for people who > use common office suites. It needs too much knowledge for everyday > users. ..but mayb

Re: LyX Migration

2002-03-05 Thread Helmut Lichtenberg
On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 03:09:48PM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > "Helmut" == Helmut Lichtenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Helmut> Style Adresse > [...] > Helmut> NewLine 1 > [...] > Helmut> End > > The description of NewLine says > > Newline [0, 1] Whether newlines are tran

Re: LyX Migration

2002-03-04 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Helmut" == Helmut Lichtenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Helmut> Style Adresse [...] Helmut> NewLine 1 [...] Helmut> End The description of NewLine says Newline [0, 1] Whether newlines are translated into LaTeX newlines (\\) or not. The translation can be switched off t

Re: LyX Migration

2002-03-04 Thread Helmut Lichtenberg
On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 02:07:12PM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > > "Juergen" == Juergen Vigna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Juergen> On 04-Mar-2002 Helmut Lichtenberg wrote: > > >> It works if you press Ctrl-Enter twice (to get an empty line). With > >> only one Ctrl-Enter I get: >

Re: LyX Migration

2002-03-04 Thread Juergen Vigna
On 04-Mar-2002 Helmut Lichtenberg wrote: > Would be nice but I simply cut&pasted it from the exported LaTeX-file to > prove it and to save some keystrokes. >:^) Well this seems REALLY strange to me. I just tried the dinbrief template and exported it to LaTeX and I get: \address{\\ \\ } In the

Re: LyX Migration

2002-03-04 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Juergen" == Juergen Vigna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Juergen> On 04-Mar-2002 Helmut Lichtenberg wrote: >> It works if you press Ctrl-Enter twice (to get an empty line). With >> only one Ctrl-Enter I get: >> >> \AkAddress{My Name My Street MyCity} Juergen> Seems strange to me with one y

Re: LyX Migration

2002-03-04 Thread Helmut Lichtenberg
On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 01:26:10PM +0100, Juergen Vigna wrote: > > On 04-Mar-2002 Helmut Lichtenberg wrote: > > > It works if you press Ctrl-Enter twice (to get an empty line). > > With only one Ctrl-Enter I get: > > > > \AkAddress{My Name > > My Street > > MyCity} > > Seems strange to me with

Re: LyX Migration

2002-03-04 Thread Juergen Vigna
On 04-Mar-2002 Helmut Lichtenberg wrote: > It works if you press Ctrl-Enter twice (to get an empty line). > With only one Ctrl-Enter I get: > > \AkAddress{My Name > My Street > MyCity} Seems strange to me with one you should get in the LaTeX file: \AkAddress{My Name \\ My Street \\ My City}

Re: LyX Migration

2002-03-04 Thread Helmut Lichtenberg
Jürgen, On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 12:53:21PM +0100, Juergen Vigna wrote: > On 04-Mar-2002 Helmut Lichtenberg wrote: > > > Address: My Name > > My Street > >ZIPcode MyCity > > But if you use Ctrl-Enter after the end of each line you get exactly what > you want! The problem with usi

Re: LyX Migration

2002-03-04 Thread Juergen Vigna
On 04-Mar-2002 Helmut Lichtenberg wrote: > Address: My Name > My Street >ZIPcode MyCity But if you use Ctrl-Enter after the end of each line you get exactly what you want! The problem with using only Enter is that you start a new paragraph which should not be the case as then t

Re: LyX Migration

2002-03-04 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Helmut" == Helmut Lichtenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Helmut> The more general question for me is: Is this description Helmut> syntax the state of the art and all more elaborated layouts Helmut> have to be programmed in (La)TeX or is there a chance for Helmut> non-developers to initiat

Re: LyX Migration

2002-03-04 Thread Helmut Lichtenberg
Hyvää päivää Martin, On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 03:55:08PM +0200, Martin Vermeer wrote: > > It is an ugly, non-intuitive and error-prone interface to the user > > who now has to type: > > Address: My Name\\My Street\\My City or even worse > > Address: My Name\\My Street\\[.8e

Re: LyX Migration

2002-03-04 Thread Helmut Lichtenberg
Jean-Marc, thanks for replying. On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 04:08:14PM +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Helmut> - Empty label fields disappear if they are not filled. I > Helmut> could not toggle this behaviour. > > Did you try "KeepEmpty 1" I sometimes use it but this boolean switch has 3 st

Re: LyX Migration

2002-03-04 Thread Helmut Lichtenberg
Duncan, although I subscribed on the lyx-devel mailing list I got the answers only via CC's. But anyway, thanks for replying. On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 12:05:39PM +, Duncan Simpson wrote: > Hmmm... you could always use ERT for conditionals. Plain TeX has conditionals > which shoud do what you n

Re: LyX Migration

2002-03-03 Thread Duncan Simpson
Hmmm... you could always use ERT for conditionals. Plain TeX has conditionals which shoud do what you need and there is a LaTeX package for those that want a slightly prettier version. The LaTeX package might not support the plain TeX magic documented in the rest of the message. \begin{Plain TeX

Re: LyX Migration

2002-03-01 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Helmut" == Helmut Lichtenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Helmut> The syntax (I wouldn't call it a language) for describing Helmut> LyX-templates/layouts is clumsy and lacks important features. It is not supposed to be a language indeed. Helmut> - Empty label fields disappear if they

Re: LyX Migration

2002-03-01 Thread Martin Vermeer
On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 11:34:21AM +0100, Helmut Lichtenberg wrote: ... > Hello, > I want to participate in this discussion as I was the one in Eildert's > department who tried to customize LyX for our needs. > > > Rainer Dorsch wrote at Wed, 27 Feb 2002 08:28:17 -0800: > > Hello Eildert, > >

Re: LyX Migration

2002-03-01 Thread Helmut Lichtenberg
Hello, I want to participate in this discussion as I was the one in Eildert's department who tried to customize LyX for our needs. > Rainer Dorsch wrote at Wed, 27 Feb 2002 08:28:17 -0800: > Hello Eildert, > > we are using LyX here at university for maintaining large documents. > > > Hello ever

Re: LyX Migration

2002-02-28 Thread Martin Vermeer
On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 11:44:19AM -0400, Garst R. Reese wrote: ... > > Yes! Having an 'owner' attribute like 'language'. > > > > Doesn't allow you to have deletions with your pugmark on it though. > > > Couldn't you just insert one before you did the deletion? > Garst Hmm yes, but you have t

Re: LyX Migration

2002-02-28 Thread Martin Vermeer
On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 08:08:04AM -0400, Garst R. Reese wrote: > Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: > > > > > I have thought about this some time ago (I even thing I posted to this > > list about it), and have a quite different design on the problem. > > > > _But_ we will not do anything with this u

Re: LyX Migration

2002-02-28 Thread Martin Vermeer
On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 10:22:03AM +, Jules Bean wrote: > On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 04:05:41PM +, John Levon wrote: > > > This needs to be done automatically in a "revision" mode. A delete > > operation would not delete text, but make it strikethrough. The > > containing paragraph can ha

Re: LyX Migration

2002-02-28 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "Jules" == Jules Bean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jules> On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 04:05:41PM +, John Levon wrote: >> This needs to be done automatically in a "revision" mode. A delete >> operation would not delete text, but make it strikethrough. The >> containing paragraph can have a fl

Re: LyX Migration

2002-02-28 Thread Jules Bean
On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 04:05:41PM +, John Levon wrote: > This needs to be done automatically in a "revision" mode. A delete > operation would not delete text, but make it strikethrough. The > containing paragraph can have a flag which is translated into the > begin/end needed for the latex

Re: LyX Migration

2002-02-27 Thread Rainer Dorsch
Hello Eildert, we are using LyX here at university for maintaining large documents. > Hello everyone, > we are currently considering spreading the use of LyX in the public > scientific (and administration) community beyond the traditional Unix > clientel, trying in a possibly rather well funde

Re: LyX Migration

2002-02-27 Thread John Levon
On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 03:43:17PM +0200, Martin Vermeer wrote: > > 6. What about groupware functionality: a number of people working on the same > >document should have the facility to keep track of who changed what. > >I have to confess, that I have very little to offer in terms of LyX

Re: LyX Migration

2002-02-27 Thread Martin Vermeer
On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 01:39:08PM +0100, Eildert Groeneveld wrote: > Hello everyone, > we are currently considering spreading the use of LyX in the public > scientific (and administration) community beyond the traditional Unix > clientel, trying in a possibly rather well funded project to mig

LyX Migration

2002-02-27 Thread Eildert Groeneveld
Hello everyone, we are currently considering spreading the use of LyX in the public scientific (and administration) community beyond the traditional Unix clientel, trying in a possibly rather well funded project to migrate people from Windows/Word to LyX/LaTeX/BibTeX. To be able to do this a fe