lyx2.0.6

2013-10-23 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Hello, I am still trying to install lyx2.0.6 I am on debian wheezy and use an amd64 PC I am told in http://packages.debian.org/sid/amd64/lyx/download Download-Seite für lyx_2.0.6-1+b1_amd64.deb für AMD64- Rechner to add in /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian sid main whic

Re: lyx2.0.6

2013-10-23 Thread Philipp Gröne
Hi there!Try this deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-freedeb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-freedeb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-freedeb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-freedeb

Re: lyx2.0.6

2013-10-23 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
On Wednesday 23 October 2013 10:57:52 Philipp Gröne wrote: Thanks, Philipp for your extensive explanations and proposals. Interesting, this list: > This was generated by http://debgen.simplylinux.ch/ , a pretty cool site > which will generate you a /etc/apt/sources.list . However, I am ignorant a

Re: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-23 Thread Vincent van Ravesteijn
On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 6:19 AM, Richard Talley wrote: > I originally picked up on LyX because I needed to produce some technical > manuals quickly that looked good to management and that didn't make me deal > with the WYSIWYG nightmares of Word and its ilk. > > LyX really came through for me. > >

lyx2.0.6

2013-10-23 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Hello, bad news I tried to update as suggested by Philipp using the synaptic command, but got after a long time of retrieving and installing packages many errors which I had collected in a reply mail (gnome -but I use kde ...). In trying to send it it turned out that the KMail was not working

Re: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-23 Thread Csikos Bela
Richard Talley írta: >I originally picked up on LyX because I needed to produce some technical >manuals quickly that looked good to management and that didn't make me >deal with the WYSIWYG nightmares of Word and its ilk. >LyX really came through for me. >Now I'm helping a friend apply to gradua

Footnote: now you see it, now you don't

2013-10-23 Thread s . noble
Hello list members, Please bear with me as I'm a newcomer to LyX. Here's the issue: I have a footnote which has disappeared--or, in other words, which is not showing up with the other footnotes at the bottom of the page--and I have no idea how to get it back. Here's the context: I'm using the Ko

Re: lyx2.0.6

2013-10-23 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
On Wednesday 23 October 2013 10:57:52 Philipp Gröne wrote: Thanks, Philipp for your extensive explanations and proposals. Interesting, this list: > This was generated by http://debgen.simplylinux.ch/ , a pretty cool site > which will generate you a /etc/apt/sources.list . However, I am ignorant a

Re: lyx2.0.6

2013-10-23 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
On Wednesday 23 October 2013 15:16:23 Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > Hello, bad news > > I tried to update as suggested by Philipp using the synaptic command, > but got after a long time of retrieving and installing packages many > errors which I had collected in a reply mail (gnome -but I use kde ..

Re: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-23 Thread Les Denham
On Tue, 22 Oct 2013 22:19:38 -0600 Richard Talley wrote: > Now on to the résumé. Let's see what's available. ModernCV looks good, > under development for seven years. Richard, That's what I thought too. The documentation is, as you point out, rather sketchy. But with a little effort I managed a

Re: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-23 Thread Ken Springer
On 10/22/13 10:19 PM, Richard Talley wrote: I originally picked up on LyX because I needed to produce some technical manuals quickly that looked good to management and that didn't make me deal with the WYSIWYG nightmares of Word and its ilk. LyX really came through for me. Now I'm helping a fri

Re: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-23 Thread Ernesto Posse
You do understand that a lot of open-source software, including LyX, is developed by *volunteers*, do you? On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Ken Springer wrote: > On 10/22/13 10:19 PM, Richard Talley wrote: > >> I originally picked up on LyX because I needed to produce some technical >> manuals

Re: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-23 Thread David L. Johnson
On 10/23/2013 12:33 PM, Ken Springer wrote: The program I filed the bugs with is one that wishes to take on a commercial program in the marketplace. And they add new features, some of which are inevitable buggy. But the attitude exhibited by not fixing existing bugs is very unprofessional.

Re: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-23 Thread Ken Springer
I do, but that's no excuse for being nonprofessional in what you are trying to do. Adding features while ignoring bugs is nonprofessional. I do have some "free" software installed, some open source, some not. But I get updates and bug fixes from the "free" software, not so much from the open

Re: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-23 Thread Ken Springer
On 10/23/13 11:24 AM, David L. Johnson wrote: On 10/23/2013 12:33 PM, Ken Springer wrote: The program I filed the bugs with is one that wishes to take on a commercial program in the marketplace. And they add new features, some of which are inevitable buggy. But the attitude exhibited by not f

Re: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-23 Thread Vincent van Ravesteijn
Ken Springer schreef op 23-10-2013 19:41: I do, but that's no excuse for being nonprofessional in what you are trying to do. Adding features while ignoring bugs is nonprofessional. Not professional ? Right, don't use it then. Vincent

Re: Footnote: now you see it, now you don't

2013-10-23 Thread Richard Heck
On 10/23/2013 10:29 AM, s.no...@free.fr wrote: Hello list members, Please bear with me as I'm a newcomer to LyX. Here's the issue: I have a footnote which has disappeared--or, in other words, which is not showing up with the other footnotes at the bottom of the page--and I have no idea how to g

Re: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-23 Thread Richard Talley
Interesting comments. I too have found small vendors to be much more helpful. Often the developers help with or even do all of the tech support at small vendors. And they actually read my emails, instead of replying with canned responses. My experience with LyX has been mostly excellent. I started

Re: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-23 Thread Ken Springer
On 10/23/13 12:42 PM, Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote: Ken Springer schreef op 23-10-2013 19:41: I do, but that's no excuse for being nonprofessional in what you are trying to do. Adding features while ignoring bugs is nonprofessional. Not professional ? Right, don't use it then. Not sure how

Re: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-23 Thread Ken Springer
On 10/23/13 10:34 AM, Les Denham wrote: On Tue, 22 Oct 2013 22:19:38 -0600 Richard Talley wrote: Now on to the résumé. Let's see what's available. ModernCV looks good, under development for seven years. Richard, That's what I thought too. The documentation is, as you point out, rather sketc

Re: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-23 Thread Ken Springer
On 10/23/13 2:31 PM, Richard Talley wrote: Interesting comments. I too have found small vendors to be much more helpful. Often the developers help with or even do all of the tech support at small vendors. And they actually read my emails, instead of replying with canned responses. Most of the t

Re: why people give up on open source software

2013-10-23 Thread Richard Talley
On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Ken Springer wrote: > > > LyX looks to be rather out of the box from you basic office suite > thinking, and I want to get that under control before getting into any > tweaking. > As you get started with LyX resist the temptation to 'finger paint'. You get some