On 10/31/13 8:28 AM, Stephan Witt wrote:
Am 31.10.2013 um 14:56 schrieb James Sutherland :
I just started testing with Mavericks and haven't seen any trouble with LyX.
James
Sorry, slightly of topic, but…
I don't want to upgrade to Mavericks because of the crippled Sync-Services.
With Maveri
On 10/26/13 1:25 PM, John Coppens wrote:
On Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:53:35 -0600
Ken Springer wrote:
But, as I wrote in news://news.gmane.org:119/l4bi37$vh$1...@ger.gmane.org,
if I help by reporting bugs I find in a program, assuming that reporting
is requested by developers, shouldn't the
On 10/26/13 10:17 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
On Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:53:35 -0600
Ken Springer wrote:
I'm not a programmer, learned many years ago that is not for me. But
I did contribute, for free, to writing the help files of a commercial
program for a platform now long gone.
But, as I wro
On 10/25/13 2:52 AM, Scott Kostyshak wrote:
On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 4:45 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
wrote:
25/10/2013 10:13, Scott Kostyshak:
... except that, for a Mac user, doing that requires to find the lyx
binary.
From the top of my head, it is at
/Applications/LyX.app/Contents/MacOSX/ly
On 10/24/13 1:27 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
On Thu, 24 Oct 2013 10:32:55 -0600
Ken Springer wrote:
Product support, customer service, in general, sucks. Online,
offline, commercial, open source, just about everywhere. For
software these days, you are supposed to join a forum. If I went
back
On 10/24/13 8:32 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
24/10/2013 15:59, Ken Springer:
There is also the segment of the open source area where they actively
ask you to file bugs that can be fixed. Then the bugs just sit there,
never getting fixed. If you aren't going to actively fix the bugs,
On 10/24/13 12:55 PM, Richard Talley wrote:
On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Ken Springer mailto:snowsh...@q.com>> wrote:
I can't speak for Rich, but it was not my intent to leave an
impression of "mass exodus". Just my pulling back from the
potential pr
On 10/24/13 5:13 PM, Bryan Baldwin wrote:
On 10/25/2013 05:32 AM, Ken Springer wrote:
We know your argument. Seriously, We've heard it everywhere all the
time...end-less-ly. Everybody wishes that their software was robust with
magic documentation and free specialists that will fix
On 10/24/13 11:35 AM, Walter van Holst wrote:
On 24/10/2013 07:32, Richard Talley wrote:
I've read good things about Scrivener. It's more a 'book project
management' program than a word processor. I know some people use it for
everything until it's time to print, then they export to LaTeX. Good
many open-source
projects have you created or at least been an active developer in?
On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Ken Springer mailto:snowsh...@q.com>> wrote:
I do, but that's no excuse for being nonprofessional in what you are
trying to do. Adding features while ignoring bu
On 10/24/13 9:03 AM, Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote:
On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 3:59 PM, Ken Springer mailto:snowsh...@q.com>> wrote:
Hi, Jürgen,
Interspersed reply...
On 10/24/13 1:01 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
2013/10/24 Ken Springe
Not profes
On 10/24/13 4:38 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
On Wed, 23 Oct 2013 18:31:48 -0600
Ken Springer wrote:
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
Hi, Jürgen,
Interspersed reply...
On 10/24/13 1:01 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
2013/10/24 Ken Springe
Not professional ? Right, don't use it then.
Not sure how you feel, so no reply.
He's serious, and so am I: if you want "professional" software and think
LyX is not profession
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
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
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.
No
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
ot so much
from the open source software in the way of bug fixes.
On 10/23/13 10:50 AM, Ernesto Posse wrote:
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 mailto:snowsh...@q.com>>
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
On 10/13/13 8:52 AM, stefano franchi wrote:
On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Ken Springer mailto:snowsh...@q.com>> wrote:
My apologies if anyone is offended by this post, but I don't know
another place to ask.
Back in the 8-bit days, my computer actually came wi
My apologies if anyone is offended by this post, but I don't know
another place to ask.
Back in the 8-bit days, my computer actually came with an ASCII chart
somewhat like this:
http://www.asciitable.com/
Does anyone know where a similar, but simple, chart can be found for
modern systems an
4:39 -0600 "Ken Springer snowsh...@q.com" sent
this:
>I've know RTFM for years, and have often used it.
With the risk that I also might have missed the point. I think it was
suggested that if you RTFM. Your question will be answered and there
would be no need
I've know RTFM for years, and have often used it.
You missed the point of my post, but I don't have time to explain at the
moment. Work calls. :-(
On 9/9/13 12:47 AM, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote:
Please google what RTFM measn :-)-O
el
On 2013-09-07 15:12 , Ken Springer wrote:
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On 9/7/13 3:33 AM, Stephan Witt wrote:
Am 07.09.2013 um 03:19 schrieb Ken Springer :
Having resolved my issue with the LyX installation on my Mac, I also have
installed it under Windows 7. Also appears to work fine.
This has left me wondering about installation packages for different OS&#
Having resolved my issue with the LyX installation on my Mac, I also
have installed it under Windows 7. Also appears to work fine.
This has left me wondering about installation packages for different OS's.
Why is it, that if it's a Windows program, if a supporting program is
needed to make th
My apologies to everyone, I screwed up. I had installed and then
uninstalled LyX once before, just for a quick look at the LyX window.
But didn't use it.
But I had downloaded MetaTeX, but I don't remember if A) I didn't
install it then, or B) I installed it and then uninstalled it at the
Can you try going to LyX > Reconfigure and then restart LyX? Do you
get the same message?
Scott
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 6:47 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
From http://www.lyx.org/Download, I downloaded
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.0.6/LyX-2.0.6+qt4.dmg and used the MacTeX
link to downloa
From http://www.lyx.org/Download, I downloaded
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.0.6/LyX-2.0.6+qt4.dmg and used the
MacTeX link to download MacTeX. Installation of both went without a
problem. I'm running OS X 10.8.4 but the Gatekeeper wasn't a problem,
although the web site says it may be.
L
On 9/1/13 11:06 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
On Sun, 1 Sep 2013 08:29:23 +0200
Liviu Andronic wrote:
It sounds as if Lyx/LaTeX has a higher learning curve than I was hoping for.
But it intrigues me. :-) I've got some simple help documents I want
to create, and I want them to look as best as I
First, another thanks for all the replies to my thread about using LyX
as a word processor.
In reading some of those replies, I'm left wondering a bit about LyX and
LaTeX and their relationship. As well as TeX, for that matter.
When I was really into learning a bit about desktop publishing,
On 8/30/13 8:22 AM, Richard Heck wrote:
On 08/29/2013 08:38 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
On 8/29/13 1:59 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote:
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 3:28 AM, Ken Springer wrote:
Much like the speakers in a sound system, it occurs to me the actual
quality
of the printed output from a LyX
On 8/30/13 8:25 AM, Richard Heck wrote:
On 08/29/2013 08:41 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
On 8/29/13 8:19 AM, Richard Heck wrote:
On 08/29/2013 03:59 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote:
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 3:28 AM, Ken Springer wrote:
Much like the speakers in a sound system, it occurs to me the
actual
On 8/30/13 12:23 AM, Stephen George wrote:
On 30/08/2013 1:49 PM, Ken Springer wrote:
On 8/29/13 8:08 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
When doing stochastic screening, the ideal is to screen at the same
dpi as the final printing device. Next best is an even multiple.
I.E. screen at 300 dpi for printing
On 8/29/13 8:08 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:51:24 -0600
Ken Springer wrote:
On 8/29/13 4:47 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:19:34 -0400
Richard Heck wrote:
On 08/29/2013 03:59 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote:
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 3:28 AM, Ken Springer
wrote
On 8/29/13 4:47 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:19:34 -0400
Richard Heck wrote:
On 08/29/2013 03:59 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote:
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 3:28 AM, Ken Springer
wrote:
Much like the speakers in a sound system, it occurs to me the
actual quality of the printed output
On 8/29/13 8:19 AM, Richard Heck wrote:
On 08/29/2013 03:59 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote:
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 3:28 AM, Ken Springer wrote:
Much like the speakers in a sound system, it occurs to me the actual quality
of the printed output from a LyX document will depend on the quality of the
On 8/29/13 1:59 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote:
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 3:28 AM, Ken Springer wrote:
Much like the speakers in a sound system, it occurs to me the actual quality
of the printed output from a LyX document will depend on the quality of the
printer being used.
Right or wrong? If wrong
Much like the speakers in a sound system, it occurs to me the actual
quality of the printed output from a LyX document will depend on the
quality of the printer being used.
Right or wrong? If wrong, why?
--
Ken
Mac OS X 10.8.4
Firefox 23.0
Thunderbird 17.0.8
LibreOffice 4.1.04
On 8/17/13 7:30 AM, Ken Springer wrote:
I'm always looking for software that fits me better, giving me the
output I'm looking for.
I'm interested in knowing what users of LyX think of the idea of using
it as a general word processor, instead of MS Word, Libre Office,
Apple's
On 8/18/13 5:02 PM, Chris Menzel wrote:
On Aug 18, 2013 5:10 PM, "David L. Johnson" mailto:d...@lehigh.edu>> wrote:
>...
> For my papers it is of course ideal. Math journals all accept
(prefer) LaTeX source, and they can change margins and other style
tweaks with their own style files --- so I
On 8/18/13 3:15 AM, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote:
Ken,
ROTFLHMSBAHPIMP
OK, this one has me stumped! LOL
--
Ken
Mac OS X 10.8.4
Firefox 23.0
Thunderbird 17.0.8
LibreOffice 4.1.04
On 8/17/13 2:57 PM, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote:
I am using it for most everything in my private practice as an
Obstetrician and Gynecologist.
Letters, Operation Reports, Medical Certificates, Prescriptions,
even third party forms (which I recreated), and of course
presentations with Beamer.
I use
On 8/17/13 12:13 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:
Sat, 17 Aug 2013, Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.Com wrote:
I'm interested in knowing what users of LyX think of the idea of
using it as a general word processor, instead of MS Word, Libre
Office, Apple's Pages, etc.
Minuses: Much more difficult to cre
I'm always looking for software that fits me better, giving me the
output I'm looking for.
I'm interested in knowing what users of LyX think of the idea of using
it as a general word processor, instead of MS Word, Libre Office,
Apple's Pages, etc.
Pluses? Minuses?
--
Ken
Mac OS X 10.8.4
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