On 21.08.08, Steve Litt wrote:
> I write letters in LyX too. The letter template makes it brutally easy,
> except you need to remember to insert the \date{9/9/2099} via ERT or
> every time you print it the date will change.
...
Why don't you create your own template then, which reminds you on
in
On Thursday 21 August 2008 10:24, Helge Hafting wrote:
> killermike wrote:
> > Steve Litt wrote:
> >> Again, a great application for LyX assuming the tech doc is over
> >> 10,000 words long. Shorter docs are easier in quick and dirty OO.
> >
> > I don't want to come off as someone who is purely def
killermike wrote:
Steve Litt wrote:
Again, a great application for LyX assuming the tech doc is over
10,000 words long. Shorter docs are easier in quick and dirty OO.
I don't want to come off as someone who is purely defensive of LyX but
I beg to differ with this point. I write all of my art
Dotan Cohen wrote:
Is LyX only good for writing books, then?
It's good for whatever works for you.
Steve Litt likes LyX for writing books. As he's noted before on the
list, he doesn't like it for writing short documents, such as letters.
When he uses LyX to write a book, he writes the front
Denné Reed wrote:
I use LyX for scientific papers but have had problems with both
collaborators and editors. Many collaborators are unfamiliar with LyX /
LaTeX and it lacks strong collaboration tools (change tracking etc.).
I've tried sharing drafts with PDF but that requires colleagues to
pur
On 31.07.2008, at 08:55, Andre Poenitz wrote:
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 04:17:29PM -0500, Denné Reed wrote:
[..]
I've also had problems with journal and book editors, one of which
insisted I convert a book chapter written in LyX into Word format
despite the fact that the publisher (Elsevier) ha
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 04:17:29PM -0500, Denné Reed wrote:
> [..]
> I've also had problems with journal and book editors, one of which
> insisted I convert a book chapter written in LyX into Word format
> despite the fact that the publisher (Elsevier) has a LaTeX document
> class available.
rgheck wrote:
Denné Reed wrote:
I use LyX for scientific papers but have had problems with both
collaborators and editors. Many collaborators are unfamiliar with LyX
/ LaTeX and it lacks strong collaboration tools (change tracking etc.).
LyX does have change tracking. I've used it. Unfamiliari
On Wednesday 30 July 2008 17:17, Denné Reed wrote:
> I use LyX for scientific papers but have had problems with both
> collaborators and editors. Many collaborators are unfamiliar with
> LyX / LaTeX and it lacks strong collaboration tools (change tracking
> etc.). I've tried sharing drafts with PDF
On Wednesday 30 July 2008 16:42, Abdelrazak Younes wrote:
> Steve Litt wrote:
> > On Wednesday 30 July 2008 11:24, Abdelrazak Younes wrote:
> >> technical
> >> documents,
> >
> > Again, a great application for LyX assuming the tech doc is over 10,000
> > words long. Shorter docs are easier in quick
Steve Litt wrote:
Again, a great application for LyX assuming the tech doc is over 10,000 words
long. Shorter docs are easier in quick and dirty OO.
I don't want to come off as someone who is purely defensive of LyX but I
beg to differ with this point. I write all of my articles in LyX and I
Denné Reed wrote:
I use LyX for scientific papers but have had problems with both
collaborators and editors. Many collaborators are unfamiliar with LyX
/ LaTeX and it lacks strong collaboration tools (change tracking etc.).
LyX does have change tracking. I've used it. Unfamiliarity is of cours
Paul A. Rubin wrote:
FWIW, my rule of thumb is that if it's not a job for a text editor
(NoteTab Light or Notepad++ on Windows, GEdit on Ubuntu), and it's not
a letter, then it's a job for LyX. The only reason I don't use LyX
for letters is that our office stationary has boilerplate in both th
I use LyX for scientific papers but have had problems with both
collaborators and editors. Many collaborators are unfamiliar with
LyX / LaTeX and it lacks strong collaboration tools (change tracking
etc.). I've tried sharing drafts with PDF but that requires colleagues
to purchase full vers
FWIW, my rule of thumb is that if it's not a job for a text editor
(NoteTab Light or Notepad++ on Windows, GEdit on Ubuntu), and it's not a
letter, then it's a job for LyX. The only reason I don't use LyX for
letters is that our office stationary has boilerplate in both the top
margin and the
Steve Litt wrote:
On Wednesday 30 July 2008 11:24, Abdelrazak Younes wrote:
technical
documents,
Again, a great application for LyX assuming the tech doc is over 10,000 words
long. Shorter docs are easier in quick and dirty OO.
I beg to differ, quite strongly. The moment you write something
On Wednesday 30 July 2008 11:24, Abdelrazak Younes wrote:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > 2008/7/30 Steve Litt<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >> On Wednesday 30 July 2008 08:21, killermike wrote:
> >>> The original question that starts is poorly conceived but this Slashdot
> >>> thread brings up quite a lot of ref
On Wednesday 30 July 2008, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> Is LyX only good for writing books, then?
I use LyX for most writing of any kind. I find it most useful for writing
technical reports, where I find on average it reduces the total time I spend
on the writing by about 50%. My most recent report, w
On Wed, 30 Jul 2008, Dotan Cohen wrote:
Is LyX only good for writing books, then?
Nope. I write letters, articles, reports, and presentations using LyX. Of
course, I did use it to write my book (using Springer's monograph class) and
that's where I really learned LaTeX, too. As I needed the i
Dotan Cohen wrote:
2008/7/30 Steve Litt<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
On Wednesday 30 July 2008 08:21, killermike wrote:
The original question that starts is poorly conceived but this Slashdot
thread brings up quite a lot of references to LyX in the comments.
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=0
2008/7/30 Steve Litt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Wednesday 30 July 2008 08:21, killermike wrote:
>> The original question that starts is poorly conceived but this Slashdot
>> thread brings up quite a lot of references to LyX in the comments.
>>
>> http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/29/0
On Wednesday 30 July 2008 08:21, killermike wrote:
> The original question that starts is poorly conceived but this Slashdot
> thread brings up quite a lot of references to LyX in the comments.
>
> http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/29/0039201
Having read most of the responses, they
On Wednesday 30 July 2008 08:21, killermike wrote:
> The original question that starts is poorly conceived but this Slashdot
> thread brings up quite a lot of references to LyX in the comments.
>
> http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/29/0039201
I find this response quite topical consi
> That thread is how I discovered Lyx and why I signed up for the list
> yesterday. I will now go back to lurking, and I hope to read less
> threads of the 'holy moly' type. It has been a long time since I've seen
> that kind of behaviour on a FOSS mailing list.
The LyX developers and mailing l
2008/7/30 killermike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> The original question that starts is poorly conceived but this Slashdot
> thread brings up quite a lot of references to LyX in the comments.
>
> http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/29/0039201
>
That thread is how I discovered Lyx and why I s
The original question that starts is poorly conceived but this Slashdot
thread brings up quite a lot of references to LyX in the comments.
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/29/0039201
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