On Tue, 4 Feb 2014 07:34:24 +0100
Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 2:38 AM, Steve Litt
sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
I just created a brand new LyX file in 2.0.6, which is the packaged
LyX for Ubuntu 13.10, and there wasn't a bit of XML in it, well
On Tue, 4 Feb 2014 07:34:24 +0100
Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 2:38 AM, Steve Litt
sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
I just created a brand new LyX file in 2.0.6, which is the packaged
LyX for Ubuntu 13.10, and there wasn't a bit of XML in it, well
On Tue, 4 Feb 2014 07:34:24 +0100
Liviu Andronic wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 2:38 AM, Steve Litt
> wrote:
> > I just created a brand new LyX file in 2.0.6, which is the packaged
> > LyX for Ubuntu 13.10, and there wasn't a bit of XML in
On 02/03/2014 01:53 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote:
Dear Steve and Alex,
On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:33:02 +0100
Alex Fernandez ely...@gmail.com wrote:
Ladies and gentlemen, if the preceding paragraph doesn't convince
us we need
On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 10:05:57 -0500
Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org wrote:
On 02/03/2014 01:53 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote:
Dear Steve and Alex,
On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Steve Litt
sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:33:02 +0100
Alex Fernandez ely...@gmail.com
On Mon, 3 Feb 2014 07:53:49 +0100
Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Steve and Alex,
On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Steve Litt
sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:33:02 +0100
Alex Fernandez ely...@gmail.com wrote:
Ladies and gentlemen, if the
On 02/03/2014 11:36 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 10:05:57 -0500
Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org wrote:
On 02/03/2014 01:53 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote:
Dear Steve and Alex,
On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Steve Litt
sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:33:02 +0100
On 02/03/2014 11:34 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
On Mon, 3 Feb 2014 07:53:49 +0100
Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Steve and Alex,
On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Steve Litt
sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:33:02 +0100
Alex Fernandez ely...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 8:02 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org wrote:
1) If LyX insists on having a native format of XML, which by its nature
is human-confusing, it should at least be *well formed* XML so that
it can be handled by an XML parser, and if the programmer is more
skilled
On Mon, 3 Feb 2014 20:39:09 +0100
Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 8:02 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org wrote:
1) If LyX insists on having a native format of XML, which by its
nature is human-confusing, it should at least be *well formed* XML
so that it
On Mon, 3 Feb 2014 20:20:03 -0500
Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
Liviu,
You *do* mean *well formed* XML-based native format, right?
Yeah, we might as well: We've already done about all the human
readability damage we can do to the format. If it were well formed, at
least it
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 2:38 AM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
On Mon, 3 Feb 2014 20:20:03 -0500
Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
Liviu,
You *do* mean *well formed* XML-based native format, right?
Yeah, we might as well: We've already done about all the human
On 02/03/2014 01:53 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote:
Dear Steve and Alex,
On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:33:02 +0100
Alex Fernandez ely...@gmail.com wrote:
Ladies and gentlemen, if the preceding paragraph doesn't convince
us we need
On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 10:05:57 -0500
Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org wrote:
On 02/03/2014 01:53 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote:
Dear Steve and Alex,
On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Steve Litt
sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:33:02 +0100
Alex Fernandez ely...@gmail.com
On Mon, 3 Feb 2014 07:53:49 +0100
Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Steve and Alex,
On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Steve Litt
sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:33:02 +0100
Alex Fernandez ely...@gmail.com wrote:
Ladies and gentlemen, if the
On 02/03/2014 11:36 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 10:05:57 -0500
Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org wrote:
On 02/03/2014 01:53 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote:
Dear Steve and Alex,
On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Steve Litt
sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:33:02 +0100
On 02/03/2014 11:34 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
On Mon, 3 Feb 2014 07:53:49 +0100
Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Steve and Alex,
On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Steve Litt
sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:33:02 +0100
Alex Fernandez ely...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 8:02 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org wrote:
1) If LyX insists on having a native format of XML, which by its nature
is human-confusing, it should at least be *well formed* XML so that
it can be handled by an XML parser, and if the programmer is more
skilled
On Mon, 3 Feb 2014 20:39:09 +0100
Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 8:02 PM, Richard Heck rgh...@lyx.org wrote:
1) If LyX insists on having a native format of XML, which by its
nature is human-confusing, it should at least be *well formed* XML
so that it
On Mon, 3 Feb 2014 20:20:03 -0500
Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
Liviu,
You *do* mean *well formed* XML-based native format, right?
Yeah, we might as well: We've already done about all the human
readability damage we can do to the format. If it were well formed, at
least it
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 2:38 AM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
On Mon, 3 Feb 2014 20:20:03 -0500
Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
Liviu,
You *do* mean *well formed* XML-based native format, right?
Yeah, we might as well: We've already done about all the human
On 02/03/2014 01:53 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote:
Dear Steve and Alex,
On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:33:02 +0100
Alex Fernandez wrote:
Ladies and gentlemen, if the preceding paragraph doesn't convince
us we
On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 10:05:57 -0500
Richard Heck wrote:
> On 02/03/2014 01:53 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote:
> > Dear Steve and Alex,
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Steve Litt
> > wrote:
> >> On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:33:02 +0100
> >> Alex Fernandez
On Mon, 3 Feb 2014 07:53:49 +0100
Liviu Andronic wrote:
> Dear Steve and Alex,
>
> On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Steve Litt
> wrote:
> > On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:33:02 +0100
> > Alex Fernandez wrote:
> >> > Ladies and
On 02/03/2014 11:36 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 10:05:57 -0500
Richard Heck wrote:
On 02/03/2014 01:53 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote:
Dear Steve and Alex,
On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Steve Litt
wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:33:02
On 02/03/2014 11:34 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
On Mon, 3 Feb 2014 07:53:49 +0100
Liviu Andronic wrote:
Dear Steve and Alex,
On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Steve Litt
wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:33:02 +0100
Alex Fernandez
On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 8:02 PM, Richard Heck wrote:
>> 1) If LyX insists on having a native format of XML, which by its nature
>> is human-confusing, it should at least be *well formed* XML so that
>> it can be handled by an XML parser, and if the programmer is more
>>
On Mon, 3 Feb 2014 20:39:09 +0100
Liviu Andronic wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 8:02 PM, Richard Heck wrote:
> >> 1) If LyX insists on having a native format of XML, which by its
> >> nature is human-confusing, it should at least be *well formed* XML
>
On Mon, 3 Feb 2014 20:20:03 -0500
Steve Litt wrote:
> Liviu,
>
> You *do* mean *well formed* XML-based native format, right?
>
> Yeah, we might as well: We've already done about all the human
> readability damage we can do to the format. If it were well formed, at
>
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 2:38 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Mon, 3 Feb 2014 20:20:03 -0500
> Steve Litt wrote:
>
>
>> Liviu,
>>
>> You *do* mean *well formed* XML-based native format, right?
>>
>> Yeah, we might as well: We've already done about
On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 05:53:59 +1100
Alan L Tyree alanty...@gmail.com wrote:
Well, that's a bit disappointing. Thanks for the full report. I've
only used Pandoc for simple conversions, so haven't looked deeply at
the configuration options that might help with the problems that you
identify
SNIP
And instead of using the LyX
exporters, try tex4ht to make the html file.
I think I tried lyx-latex-tex4ht once before, and something went
wrong, though I no longer remember what.
And process the html file
through tidy before using Pandoc.
That's a good idea, although Python's
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:33:02 +0100
Alex Fernandez ely...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Steve,
On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 5:47 PM, Steve Litt
sl...@troubleshooters.comwrote:
Ladies and gentlemen, if the preceding paragraph doesn't convince
us we need a good, solid, LyX to ePub and LyX to Mobi
Dear Steve and Alex,
On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:33:02 +0100
Alex Fernandez ely...@gmail.com wrote:
Ladies and gentlemen, if the preceding paragraph doesn't convince
us we need a good, solid, LyX to ePub and LyX to Mobi
On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 05:53:59 +1100
Alan L Tyree alanty...@gmail.com wrote:
Well, that's a bit disappointing. Thanks for the full report. I've
only used Pandoc for simple conversions, so haven't looked deeply at
the configuration options that might help with the problems that you
identify
SNIP
And instead of using the LyX
exporters, try tex4ht to make the html file.
I think I tried lyx-latex-tex4ht once before, and something went
wrong, though I no longer remember what.
And process the html file
through tidy before using Pandoc.
That's a good idea, although Python's
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:33:02 +0100
Alex Fernandez ely...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Steve,
On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 5:47 PM, Steve Litt
sl...@troubleshooters.comwrote:
Ladies and gentlemen, if the preceding paragraph doesn't convince
us we need a good, solid, LyX to ePub and LyX to Mobi
Dear Steve and Alex,
On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:33:02 +0100
Alex Fernandez ely...@gmail.com wrote:
Ladies and gentlemen, if the preceding paragraph doesn't convince
us we need a good, solid, LyX to ePub and LyX to Mobi
On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 05:53:59 +1100
Alan L Tyree wrote:
> Well, that's a bit disappointing. Thanks for the full report. I've
> only used Pandoc for simple conversions, so haven't looked deeply at
> the configuration options that might help with the problems that you
>
>> And instead of using the LyX
>> exporters, try tex4ht to make the html file.
>
> I think I tried lyx->latex->tex4ht once before, and something went
> wrong, though I no longer remember what.
>
>> And process the html file
>> through tidy before using Pandoc.
>
> That's a good idea, although
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:33:02 +0100
Alex Fernandez wrote:
> Hi Steve,
>
> On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 5:47 PM, Steve Litt
> wrote:
>
> > Ladies and gentlemen, if the preceding paragraph doesn't convince
> > us we need a good, solid, LyX to ePub and LyX
Dear Steve and Alex,
On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 2:48 AM, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 22:33:02 +0100
> Alex Fernandez wrote:
>> > Ladies and gentlemen, if the preceding paragraph doesn't convince
>> > us we need a good, solid, LyX to ePub and
On Sat, 01 Feb 2014 05:25:58 +1100
Alan L Tyree alanty...@gmail.com wrote:
Sorry for the top posting, but this is short. My own view is that an
ePub exporter for LyX would make it a killer application.
Thanks for your comments, Steve. Have you looked at Pandoc?
Cheers,
Alan
Hi Alan,
I
Well, that's a bit disappointing. Thanks for the full report. I've only
used Pandoc for simple conversions, so haven't looked deeply at the
configuration options that might help with the problems that you
identify below.
One last approach might be interesting to try: What about LyX -
(X)html,
On Sat, 01 Feb 2014 05:25:58 +1100
Alan L Tyree alanty...@gmail.com wrote:
Sorry for the top posting, but this is short. My own view is that an
ePub exporter for LyX would make it a killer application.
Thanks for your comments, Steve. Have you looked at Pandoc?
Cheers,
Alan
Hi Alan,
I
Well, that's a bit disappointing. Thanks for the full report. I've only
used Pandoc for simple conversions, so haven't looked deeply at the
configuration options that might help with the problems that you
identify below.
One last approach might be interesting to try: What about LyX -
(X)html,
On Sat, 01 Feb 2014 05:25:58 +1100
Alan L Tyree wrote:
> Sorry for the top posting, but this is short. My own view is that an
> ePub exporter for LyX would make it a killer application.
>
> Thanks for your comments, Steve. Have you looked at Pandoc?
>
> Cheers,
> Alan
Hi
Well, that's a bit disappointing. Thanks for the full report. I've only
used Pandoc for simple conversions, so haven't looked deeply at the
configuration options that might help with the problems that you
identify below.
One last approach might be interesting to try: What about LyX ->
(X)html,
On 31 Jan 2014, Alan L Tyree wrote:
[snip]
Hi Rich,
I would normally defer to Steve on most of these questions, but I do
think that a printed book has a more or less standard set of frontmatter
pages.
In my little (and mostly outdated) book 'Self-publishing with LyX', I
discuss the
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 09:35:46 +
Anthony Campbell a...@acampbell.org.uk wrote:
This is for printed books. As regards conversion to ebook format, I've
done this for several books on Smashwords, but that is quite a
long-winded process because it has to be Word.doc format, which I do
in
Sorry for the top posting, but this is short. My own view is that an
ePub exporter for LyX would make it a killer application.
Thanks for your comments, Steve. Have you looked at Pandoc?
Cheers,
Alan
Steve Litt writes:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 09:35:46 +
Anthony Campbell
I'm CC'ing Josh Hieronymus, who has worked on some of this for GSoC.
He is probably busy with other things, but maybe he is still
interested.
Scott
On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Alan L Tyree alanty...@gmail.com wrote:
Sorry for the top posting, but this is short. My own view is that an
ePub
Hi Steve,
On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 5:47 PM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.comwrote:
Ladies and gentlemen, if the preceding paragraph doesn't convince us we
need a good, solid, LyX to ePub and LyX to Mobi conversion (do ePub
first, you can convert ePub into Mobi), then nothing will. Instead
On 31 Jan 2014, Alan L Tyree wrote:
[snip]
Hi Rich,
I would normally defer to Steve on most of these questions, but I do
think that a printed book has a more or less standard set of frontmatter
pages.
In my little (and mostly outdated) book 'Self-publishing with LyX', I
discuss the
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 09:35:46 +
Anthony Campbell a...@acampbell.org.uk wrote:
This is for printed books. As regards conversion to ebook format, I've
done this for several books on Smashwords, but that is quite a
long-winded process because it has to be Word.doc format, which I do
in
Sorry for the top posting, but this is short. My own view is that an
ePub exporter for LyX would make it a killer application.
Thanks for your comments, Steve. Have you looked at Pandoc?
Cheers,
Alan
Steve Litt writes:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 09:35:46 +
Anthony Campbell
I'm CC'ing Josh Hieronymus, who has worked on some of this for GSoC.
He is probably busy with other things, but maybe he is still
interested.
Scott
On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Alan L Tyree alanty...@gmail.com wrote:
Sorry for the top posting, but this is short. My own view is that an
ePub
Hi Steve,
On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 5:47 PM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.comwrote:
Ladies and gentlemen, if the preceding paragraph doesn't convince us we
need a good, solid, LyX to ePub and LyX to Mobi conversion (do ePub
first, you can convert ePub into Mobi), then nothing will. Instead
On 31 Jan 2014, Alan L Tyree wrote:
[snip]
> Hi Rich,
> I would normally defer to Steve on most of these questions, but I do
> think that a printed book has a more or less standard set of frontmatter
> pages.
>
> In my little (and mostly outdated) book 'Self-publishing with LyX', I
> discuss
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 09:35:46 +
Anthony Campbell wrote:
> This is for printed books. As regards conversion to ebook format, I've
> done this for several books on Smashwords, but that is quite a
> long-winded process because it has to be Word.doc format, which I do
> in
Sorry for the top posting, but this is short. My own view is that an
ePub exporter for LyX would make it a killer application.
Thanks for your comments, Steve. Have you looked at Pandoc?
Cheers,
Alan
Steve Litt writes:
> On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 09:35:46 +
> Anthony Campbell
I'm CC'ing Josh Hieronymus, who has worked on some of this for GSoC.
He is probably busy with other things, but maybe he is still
interested.
Scott
On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Alan L Tyree wrote:
> Sorry for the top posting, but this is short. My own view is that an
>
Hi Steve,
On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 5:47 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
> Ladies and gentlemen, if the preceding paragraph doesn't convince us we
> need a good, solid, LyX to ePub and LyX to Mobi conversion (do ePub
> first, you can convert ePub into Mobi), then nothing will.
Has anyone prepared all the normal front-matter for a book that will be
printed? I'm preparing a book to be provided students in a short course that
I'll be offering and will have them printed and bound by a small-run
printer.
I know there's a title page, half-title page, and others whose
On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 09:39:32 -0800 (PST)
Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote:
Has anyone prepared all the normal front-matter for a book that
will be printed? I'm preparing a book to be provided students in a
short course that I'll be offering and will have them printed and
bound
On Thu, 30 Jan 2014, Steve Litt wrote:
Acknowledgements, dedication, title page, copyright page, about the
author, table of contents, and sometimes how to use this book or about
this book.
Thanks, Steve.
One more thing: In the old days I recommended ERT fingerpainting the
frontmatter. Due
On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 10:17:32 -0800 (PST)
Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote:
On Thu, 30 Jan 2014, Steve Litt wrote:
Acknowledgements, dedication, title page, copyright page, about the
author, table of contents, and sometimes how to use this book or
about this book.
Thanks,
Rich Shepard writes:
On Thu, 30 Jan 2014, Steve Litt wrote:
Acknowledgements, dedication, title page, copyright page, about the
author, table of contents, and sometimes how to use this book or about
this book.
Thanks, Steve.
One more thing: In the old days I recommended ERT
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014, Alan L Tyree wrote:
I would normally defer to Steve on most of these questions, but I do think
that a printed book has a more or less standard set of frontmatter pages.
Alan,
As Stafano pointed out to me in an off-list message, the Chicago Manual of
Style has (in my
On 31/01/14 05:47, Rich Shepard wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014, Alan L Tyree wrote:
I would normally defer to Steve on most of these questions, but I do
think
that a printed book has a more or less standard set of frontmatter
pages.
Alan,
As Stafano pointed out to me in an off-list message,
Has anyone prepared all the normal front-matter for a book that will be
printed? I'm preparing a book to be provided students in a short course that
I'll be offering and will have them printed and bound by a small-run
printer.
I know there's a title page, half-title page, and others whose
On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 09:39:32 -0800 (PST)
Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote:
Has anyone prepared all the normal front-matter for a book that
will be printed? I'm preparing a book to be provided students in a
short course that I'll be offering and will have them printed and
bound
On Thu, 30 Jan 2014, Steve Litt wrote:
Acknowledgements, dedication, title page, copyright page, about the
author, table of contents, and sometimes how to use this book or about
this book.
Thanks, Steve.
One more thing: In the old days I recommended ERT fingerpainting the
frontmatter. Due
On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 10:17:32 -0800 (PST)
Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote:
On Thu, 30 Jan 2014, Steve Litt wrote:
Acknowledgements, dedication, title page, copyright page, about the
author, table of contents, and sometimes how to use this book or
about this book.
Thanks,
Rich Shepard writes:
On Thu, 30 Jan 2014, Steve Litt wrote:
Acknowledgements, dedication, title page, copyright page, about the
author, table of contents, and sometimes how to use this book or about
this book.
Thanks, Steve.
One more thing: In the old days I recommended ERT
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014, Alan L Tyree wrote:
I would normally defer to Steve on most of these questions, but I do think
that a printed book has a more or less standard set of frontmatter pages.
Alan,
As Stafano pointed out to me in an off-list message, the Chicago Manual of
Style has (in my
On 31/01/14 05:47, Rich Shepard wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014, Alan L Tyree wrote:
I would normally defer to Steve on most of these questions, but I do
think
that a printed book has a more or less standard set of frontmatter
pages.
Alan,
As Stafano pointed out to me in an off-list message,
Has anyone prepared all the normal front-matter for a book that will be
printed? I'm preparing a book to be provided students in a short course that
I'll be offering and will have them printed and bound by a small-run
printer.
I know there's a title page, half-title page, and others whose
On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 09:39:32 -0800 (PST)
Rich Shepard wrote:
>Has anyone prepared all the normal front-matter for a book that
> will be printed? I'm preparing a book to be provided students in a
> short course that I'll be offering and will have them printed and
>
On Thu, 30 Jan 2014, Steve Litt wrote:
Acknowledgements, dedication, title page, copyright page, about the
author, table of contents, and sometimes "how to use this book" or "about
this book."
Thanks, Steve.
One more thing: In the old days I recommended ERT fingerpainting the
frontmatter.
On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 10:17:32 -0800 (PST)
Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Jan 2014, Steve Litt wrote:
>
> > Acknowledgements, dedication, title page, copyright page, about the
> > author, table of contents, and sometimes "how to use this book" or
> > "about this book."
Rich Shepard writes:
> On Thu, 30 Jan 2014, Steve Litt wrote:
>
>> Acknowledgements, dedication, title page, copyright page, about the
>> author, table of contents, and sometimes "how to use this book" or "about
>> this book."
>
>Thanks, Steve.
>
>> One more thing: In the old days I
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014, Alan L Tyree wrote:
I would normally defer to Steve on most of these questions, but I do think
that a printed book has a more or less standard set of frontmatter pages.
Alan,
As Stafano pointed out to me in an off-list message, the Chicago Manual of
Style has (in my
On 31/01/14 05:47, Rich Shepard wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014, Alan L Tyree wrote:
I would normally defer to Steve on most of these questions, but I do
think
that a printed book has a more or less standard set of frontmatter
pages.
Alan,
As Stafano pointed out to me in an off-list message,
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