Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread Peter Martin
Andre Since 1.2 works pretty well at the moment I would like to wait for 1.3 to have a fully (or as near as possible) Qt front end. Pete Martin

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread Michael Jaeger
Hi, On Monday, 28. October 2002 07:40, Andre Poenitz wrote: | What would _you_ prefer if you had the choice: | (b) release 1.3.0 if the Qt frontend is ready and put everything | else to sleep until then. I'm still using lyx 1.1.6fix4 and I'm pretty pleased by this version. A QT-GUI woul

RE: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread Jochen Wurster
Hi, My vote ist for (b). > (b) release 1.3.0 if the Qt frontend is ready and put everything > else to sleep until then. Bye

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread Christian Ridderström
> Just a small poll [As background: the Qt frontend is the single big item on > the 1.3 list that's not done and won't be finished within the next few > weeks.] > > What would _you_ prefer if you had the choice: > > (a) have 1.3.0 now as-is with its barely functional Qt frontend, > start

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread Thomas Templin
On Monday 28 October 2002 07:40, Andre Poenitz wrote: > Just a small poll [As background: the Qt frontend is the single > big item on the 1.3 list that's not done and won't be finished > within the next few weeks.] > > What would _you_ prefer if you had the choice: > (b) release 1.3.0 if the Qt

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread José Luis Gómez Dans
> What would _you_ prefer if you had the choice: > (b) release 1.3.0 if the Qt frontend is ready and put everything > else to sleep until then. (b) would be great, and having a version of Lyx that copes with underscores in equation references will be even better:-) Jose -- José

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread Alexander Volovics
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 07:40:47AM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: > What would _you_ prefer if you had the choice: > (a) have 1.3.0 now as-is with its barely functional Qt frontend, > start with the 1.4 cycle immediately. > (b) release 1.3.0 if the Qt frontend is ready and put everythi

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 12:59:35PM +0100, Alexander Volovics wrote: > > (a) have 1.3.0 now as-is with its barely functional Qt frontend, > > start with the 1.4 cycle immediately. > > > (b) release 1.3.0 if the Qt frontend is ready and put everything > > else to sleep until then. >

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread Renaud MICHEL
Le Lundi 28 Octobre 2002 07:40, Andre Poenitz a écrit : > (b) release 1.3.0 if the Qt frontend is ready and put everything > else to sleep until then. I am waiting for the Qt front-end and prefer to wait for it to be ready before 1.3 is released. -- Renaud Michel L' oûrs piede ses poy,

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread Paul Borgermans
(b) for me too Tx Paul Andre Poenitz wrote: Just a small poll [As background: the Qt frontend is the single big item on the 1.3 list that's not done and won't be finished within the next few weeks.] What would _you_ prefer if you had the choice: (a) have 1.3.0 now as-is with its barely fun

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread Alexander Volovics
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 01:06:01PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > > (a) have 1.3.0 now as-is with its barely functional Qt frontend, > > > start with the 1.4 cycle immediately. > > > (b) release 1.3.0 if the Qt frontend is ready and put everything > > > else to sleep until then.

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread Praedor Tempus
The consensus from respondants appears to be strongly for b). I too offer my preference for b. My current 1.2 release works well enough for my current uses but a QT GUI would certainly be enough for me to upgrade. praedor -- Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the c

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 02:00:23PM +0100, Alexander Volovics wrote: > Forced multiple choice is too black and white here. That was the intention ;-) Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. (T. Jefferson)

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread John Levon
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 12:59:35PM +0100, Alexander Volovics wrote: > BUT only if Lyx would then fully support UTF-8/Xft2/fontconfig. I don't think we will have proper unicode support. However, if your Qt is built for anti-aliased fonts, you get it for free. regards john -- "All photography is

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread Johannes Behr
On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 07:40, Andre Poenitz wrote: > Just a small poll [As background: the Qt frontend is the single big item on > the 1.3 list that's not done and won't be finished within the next few > weeks.] > > What would _you_ prefer if you had the choice: > > (a) have 1.3.0 now as-is with

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Andre Poenitz wrote: > (c) "I don't care" While the current UI may not be the prettyist, it works and -- for me -- that's what matters the most. Eye candy takes a much lower priority. Rich Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President Applied Ecosystem Servi

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread John Levon
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 06:44:13AM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote: > While the current UI may not be the prettyist, it works and -- for me -- > that's what matters the most. Eye candy takes a much lower priority. Eye candy is not what the GUII effort and the Qt frontend is about. regards john -- "

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 03:32:41PM +0100, Johannes Behr wrote: > BTW: Just wondering, I don't try to start a flamewar. What is with the > gnome frontend? Is it dead? Nobody works on it currently as far as I can tell. Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread Bo Peng
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 07:40:47AM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: > (b) release 1.3.0 if the Qt frontend is ready and put everything > else to sleep until then. -- Bo Peng

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread slitt
On Monday 28 October 2002 01:40 am, you wrote: > Just a small poll [As background: the Qt frontend is the single big item on > the 1.3 list that's not done and won't be finished within the next few > weeks.] > > What would _you_ prefer if you had the choice: > > (a) have 1.3.0 now as-is with its

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread José Luis Gómez Dans
On Monday 28 October 2002 15:20, slitt wrote: > won't hurt. And, as you all are probably tired of hearing me say, BY > FAR the worst LyX deficiency is the lack of character styles, and > that should be top priority in 1.4. There's only so long the color Sorry, but could you enlighten me t

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread Jacek Popławski
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 07:40:47AM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: > (a) have 1.3.0 now as-is with its barely functional Qt frontend, > start with the 1.4 cycle immediately. Release version with QT frontend as fast as possible, so milions of people can use it and send bug raports, but *please*

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread John Levon
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 04:42:18PM +, José Luis Gómez Dans wrote: > > won't hurt. And, as you all are probably tired of hearing me say, BY > > FAR the worst LyX deficiency is the lack of character styles, and > > that should be top priority in 1.4. There's only so long the color > > Sor

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread John Levon
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 05:54:56PM +0100, Jacek Pop?awski wrote: > Release version with QT frontend as fast as possible, so milions of people can There is no point releasing a frontend that has big missing features (like no tabular dialog). > use it and send bug raports, but *please* put any doc

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread Oscar López
Just a small poll [As background: the Qt frontend is the single big item on the 1.3 list that's not done and won't be finished within the next few weeks.] What would _you_ prefer if you had the choice: (a) have 1.3.0 now as-is with its barely functional Qt frontend, start with the 1.4 cycle

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread Robin Turner
I go for (b) as well. I played around with a snapshot of 1.3 some time back and there are some very nice features there, but I'm in no desperate hurry to upgrade. Since LyX is going up a major notch in version number, it may as well do it with a bang. Robin -- "A free man ought not to learn a

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread slitt
On Monday 28 October 2002 12:16 pm, John Levon wrote: > On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 04:42:18PM +, José Luis Gómez Dans wrote: > > > won't hurt. And, as you all are probably tired of hearing me say, BY > > > FAR the worst LyX deficiency is the lack of character styles, and > > > that should be top p

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread Bruce Tyler
What's the big deal about qt? What would be wrong with gtk? On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 07:40:47AM +0100, Andre Poenitz opined: > > Just a small poll [As background: the Qt frontend is the single big item on > the 1.3 list that's not done and won't be finished within the next few > weeks.] > > Wha

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread John Levon
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 01:35:07PM -0600, Bruce Tyler wrote: > What would be wrong with gtk? Nothing. Are you saying you want to help out with the gnome frontend ? Or start a non-gnome gtk frontend ? Great ! One of the side-benefits of the GUII work is that we get call people's bluff before a to

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 01:35:07PM -0600, Bruce Tyler wrote: > What's the big deal about qt? We are almost finished with the Qt port. > What would be wrong with gtk? Nobody does any work on a gtk port. Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, no

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread Vinay Ramnath
I choose c. Andre Poenitz wrote: > (c) "I don't care" > > > It is not that I am ignorant about this, but LyX looks fine if you change the colours to your taste. The other things the developers want to implement in 1.3.x seem more important to me than the GUI, so if they have it ready and want to

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread Rod Pinna
Late, as the majority seem to have spoken, but... (a) and make 1.4.0 the qt release, as it seems to be what everyone wants. Rod On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > Just a small poll [As background: the Qt frontend is the single big item on > the 1.3 list that's not done and won't

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread Joao Luis Meloni Assirati
I vote for (a). João.

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread Paul Tremblay
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 01:33:07PM +, John Levon wrote: > > I don't think we will have proper unicode support. However, if your Qt > is built for anti-aliased fonts, you get it for free. > I don't understand the connection between anti-alising and utf8. Could you explain this? Thanks Paul

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread Paul Tremblay
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 10:20:40AM -0500, slitt wrote: > I vote for A. We've lived with xforms for years -- another few months won't > hurt. And, as you all are probably tired of hearing me say, BY FAR the worst > LyX deficiency is the lack of character styles, and that should be top > priority

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread John Levon
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 09:24:45PM -0500, Paul Tremblay wrote: > > I don't think we will have proper unicode support. However, if your Qt > > is built for anti-aliased fonts, you get it for free. > > I don't understand the connection between anti-alising and utf8. Could > you explain this? No co

Re: Small poll

2002-10-28 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 01:07:26AM +0100, Vinay Ramnath wrote: > It is not that I am ignorant about this, but LyX looks fine if you > change the colours to your taste. The other things the developers want > to implement in 1.3.x seem more important to me than the GUI, so if they > have it ready and

Re: Small poll

2002-10-30 Thread Moritz Moeller-Herrmann
Andre Poenitz wrote: > > Just a small poll [As background: the Qt frontend is the single big item > on the 1.3 list that's not done and won't be finished within the next few > weeks.] > > What would _you_ prefer if you had the choice: (b) Xforms sucks so bad, and QT is so beautiful. Also tortu

Re: Small poll

2002-10-31 Thread Paul Tremblay
On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 03:55:58AM +0100, Moritz Moeller-Herrmann wrote: > > Xforms sucks so bad, and QT is so beautiful. Also torturing the developers > to finally finish the job is known to work wonders :-) > I am not trying to be a contrarian here. I am sure you are right, that QT is so much

Re: Small poll

2002-10-31 Thread Moritz Moeller-Herrmann
Paul Tremblay wrote: > On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 03:55:58AM +0100, Moritz Moeller-Herrmann wrote: >> >> Xforms sucks so bad, and QT is so beautiful. Also torturing the >> developers to finally finish the job is known to work wonders :-) >> > > I am not trying to be a contrarian here. I am sure yo

Re: Small poll

2002-11-01 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 05:13:35PM +0100, Moritz Moeller-Herrmann wrote: > Well finishing the QT-Frontend won't make the Xforms-GUI go away > (immediately...). It is important to get the QT-Frontend to a usable state, > so that users can test it out. ATM, I find the QT-Frontend less responsive >

Re: Small poll - Results

2002-10-28 Thread John Levon
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 04:26:03PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: > [For lyx-devel: I hereby officially admit defeat and I solemnly promise > to do my growling and howling regarding this particular issue silently > in a dark corner for the rest of the year. I still am completely lost as to why you c

Re: Small poll - Results

2002-10-28 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 03:47:47PM +, John Levon wrote: > > [For lyx-devel: I hereby officially admit defeat and I solemnly promise > > to do my growling and howling regarding this particular issue silently > > in a dark corner for the rest of the year. > > I still am completely lost as to why

Re: Small poll - Results

2002-10-28 Thread John Levon
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 05:27:00PM +0100, Andre Poenitz wrote: > > I still am completely lost as to why you can't work in a branch, to be > > honest. > > Because I work better with immediate feedback Mmmm, fair point > and quite a few things would clash with places Lars wants to handle > next a

Re: Small poll - Results

2002-10-28 Thread Fernando Perez
On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Andre Poenitz wrote: > I really did not expect that kind of clear preference of appearance over > functionality. Well, not the first time I've been proven wrong I guess.] I guess for many people the problem is that xforms is clunky enough to be not only ugly beyond redemptio

Re: Small poll - Results

2002-10-29 Thread John Levon
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 07:30:02PM -0700, Fernando Perez wrote: > Anyway, I've been a happy user of Lyx for 5 years and I could live with > the xforms junk for another 5 if need be. Lyx is _that_ good (currently > finishing my dissertation with 1.1.6f4). I'm hoping to make that 5 weeks not 5 yea

Re: Small poll - Results

2002-10-29 Thread slitt
On Tuesday 29 October 2002 01:47 pm, John Levon wrote: > On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 07:30:02PM -0700, Fernando Perez wrote: > > Anyway, I've been a happy user of Lyx for 5 years and I could live with > > the xforms junk for another 5 if need be. Lyx is _that_ good (currently > > finishing my dissertat

Re: Small poll - Results

2002-10-29 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
slitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | John -- has anyone started character styles yet? This is just a wild guess, | but could it be accomplished by a translation to | \begin{\whatever}\begin{\whichever}text to | format\end{\whichever}\end{\whatever}? | | So maybe in the LyX file, it would look l

Re: Small poll - Results

2002-10-29 Thread Robin Turner
Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: slitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | John -- has anyone started character styles yet? This is just a wild guess, | but could it be accomplished by a translation to | \begin{\whatever}\begin{\whichever}text to | format\end{\whichever}\end{\whatever}? | | So maybe in t

Re: Small poll - Results

2002-10-29 Thread John Levon
On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 01:18:03AM +0200, Robin Turner wrote: > I like the idea of character styles - like almost anyone who does > documentation, I frequently write with a roman font, but with keys and > menu items in sans-serif and user input in a typewriter font. Can't > toggle three ways!

Re: Small poll - Results

2002-10-29 Thread Fernando Perez
On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, John Levon wrote: > On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 07:30:02PM -0700, Fernando Perez wrote: > > > Anyway, I've been a happy user of Lyx for 5 years and I could live with > > the xforms junk for another 5 if need be. Lyx is _that_ good (currently > > finishing my dissertation with 1.

Re: Small poll about svn

2009-10-08 Thread Les Denham
On Thursday 08 October 2009 10:50:26 Pavel Sanda wrote: > hi, > > i have small question for people using lyx + subversion. i'm thinking about > using some svn syntax from version >=1.5 for new lyx commands. how big is > the crowd of people still using svn 1.4 or in other words could you drop me > v

Re: Small poll about svn

2009-10-08 Thread José Matos
On Thursday 08 October 2009 Les Denham wrote: > > I use LyX on several systems from 1.5.7 to 1.6.4 so if I understand your > question correctly, I would not be directly affected. I think the version number Pavel is referring is related to subversion not to lyx's version. > However, I still have

Re: Small poll about svn

2009-10-08 Thread James C. Sutherland
On Oct 8, 2009, at 9:50 AM, Pavel Sanda wrote: hi, i have small question for people using lyx + subversion. i'm thinking about using some svn syntax from version >=1.5 for new lyx commands. how big is the crowd of people still using svn 1.4 or in other words could you drop me version nu

Re: Small poll about svn

2009-10-08 Thread Abdelrazak Younes
Pavel Sanda wrote: hi, i have small question for people using lyx + subversion. i'm thinking about using some svn syntax from version >=1.5 for new lyx commands. how big is the crowd of people still using svn 1.4 or in other words could you drop me version number of subversion you use to have so

Re: Small poll about svn

2009-10-08 Thread Iain Mac Donald
On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 17:50:26 +0200 Pavel Sanda wrote: > other words could you drop me > version number of subversion you use to have some ratio? 1.6

Re: Small poll about svn

2009-10-08 Thread John Coppens
On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 17:50:26 +0200 Pavel Sanda wrote: > hi, Hullo, 1.5.5. here John

Re: Small poll about svn

2009-10-09 Thread Vaclav Smidl
On Thu October 8 2009 17:50:26 Pavel Sanda wrote: > hi, > > i have small question for people using lyx + subversion. i'm thinking about > using some svn syntax from version >=1.5 for new lyx commands. how big is > the crowd of people still using svn 1.4 or in other words could you drop > me vers

Re: Small poll about svn

2009-10-09 Thread Andrés Becerra Sandoval
1.6.5 -- Andrés

Re: Small poll - Results (fwd)

2002-10-28 Thread Tuukka Toivonen
Maybe this was supposed to go to the list? On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 06:00:14PM +0200, Tuukka Toivonen wrote: > Maybe you should have mentioned what new features LyX has, for which people > need to wait longer if they want to have Qt too? Better search and replace. Instant dvi preview e.g. for math

Re: Small poll - Results (fwd)

2002-10-28 Thread Andre Poenitz
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 06:38:49PM +0200, Tuukka Toivonen wrote: > Maybe this was supposed to go to the list? Not really. It looked like a private question of you and I want to bury that topic now... Andre' -- Those who desire to give up Freedom in order to gain Security, will not have, nor do

Re: Small poll - Results (fwd)

2002-10-28 Thread John Levon
On Mon, Oct 28, 2002 at 06:38:49PM +0200, Tuukka Toivonen wrote: > > Maybe you should have mentioned what new features LyX has, for which people > > need to wait longer if they want to have Qt too? > > Better search and replace. > Instant dvi preview e.g. for math. > Ability to read any .lyx down

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-16 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 16 Feb 2018, Pavel Sanda wrote: Hello lyx users, If you have one minute of spare time could you download this file ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.3/lyx-2.3.0rc2/LyX-2.3.0rc2+qt5-x86_64-cocoa.dmg and report: Pavel, $ ncftpget ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.3/lyx-2.3.0r

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-16 Thread Pavel Sanda
Pavel Sanda wrote: > 1. time to download (/ download speed) > 2. country (and/or domain) where you download from > 3. whether you download from home/academic network/large company... > (you don't have to report more details than it feels comfortable...) To start the table with reference times wher

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-16 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 16 Feb 2018, Pavel Sanda wrote: To start the table with reference times where my fingers reach + Rich's: US(CA); 1.88M/s; academic network; UCSD mirror: 89.4M/s US(Or); 454.19 kB/s; local ISP; UCSD mirror: 2Mb/sec Ca(Quebec): 242 Kb/s; academic network; UCSD mirror: 393 Kb/s EU(Cz); 44.

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-16 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 05:01:18PM +, Pavel Sanda wrote: > Pavel Sanda wrote: > > 1. time to download (/ download speed) > > 2. country (and/or domain) where you download from > > 3. whether you download from home/academic network/large company... > > (you don't have to report more details than

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-16 Thread Pavel Sanda
Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 16 Feb 2018, Pavel Sanda wrote: > >> Hello lyx users, >> If you have one minute of spare time could you download this file >> ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.3/lyx-2.3.0rc2/LyX-2.3.0rc2+qt5-x86_64-cocoa.dmg >> and report: > > Pavel, > > $ ncftpget > ftp://ftp.

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-16 Thread Pavel Sanda
Rich Shepard wrote: > Looks to me like the pipe between the server and the tester's ISP (which > would be the universtiy/college in two cases) has the largest influence, > not the connection between user and ISP. It will be interesting to see the > rest of the results. I think too. > Pe

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-16 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 05:28:39PM +, Pavel Sanda wrote: > For the rest of reports maybe better if we stick to wget measurements if you > have them > on your computers. i.e.: > wget > ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.3/lyx-2.3.0rc2/LyX-2.3.0rc2+qt5-x86_64-cocoa.dmg Just for reference,

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-16 Thread Pavel Sanda
Scott Kostyshak wrote: > On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 05:28:39PM +, Pavel Sanda wrote: > > > For the rest of reports maybe better if we stick to wget measurements if > > you have them > > on your computers. i.e.: > > wget > > ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.3/lyx-2.3.0rc2/LyX-2.3.0rc2+qt5-x

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-16 Thread Scott Kostyshak
On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 05:39:42PM +, Pavel Sanda wrote: > Scott Kostyshak wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 05:28:39PM +, Pavel Sanda wrote: > > > > > For the rest of reports maybe better if we stick to wget measurements if > > > you have them > > > on your computers. i.e.: > > > wget

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-16 Thread Richard Heck
On 02/16/2018 11:20 AM, Pavel Sanda wrote: > Hello lyx users, > > it has been brought to our(=developers) attention that downloading speed of > lyx > installers might become too slow on various places over the globe. The size of > installers was steadily growing past years and 220 MB might indeed

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-16 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 16 Feb 2018, Scott Kostyshak wrote: US(Or); 454.19 kB/s; local ISP; UCSD mirror: 2Mb/sec US(FL); 1.33MB/s; residential LAN Let me change local ISP to office LAN -> ISP -> backbone. Still slow. :-) Rich

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-16 Thread Pavel Sanda
Scott Kostyshak wrote: > On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 05:01:18PM +, Pavel Sanda wrote: > > Pavel Sanda wrote: > > > 1. time to download (/ download speed) > > > 2. country (and/or domain) where you download from > > > 3. whether you download from home/academic network/large company... > > > (you don

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-16 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 16 Feb 2018, Pavel Sanda wrote: There's little unit confusion here, I usually run wget which works in K(=*1024)/M/bytes (ironically it does not report the 'byte' part). Anyway the reported slowness of wget might be also due to ncftp really measuring in kB meaning 1000*bit, not byte...

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-16 Thread Pavel Sanda
Richard Heck wrote: > how it worked out). The UCSD mirror gave me 2.89MB/s. Just for kicks, I > tried the South Africa mirror, as well. That gave me an average 1.42MB/s > (and was over 2MB/s at times). Greece gave me 163KB/s, though it was > often higher than that. The South African mirror perform

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-16 Thread Pavel Sanda
Pavel Sanda wrote: > Ok, updating US(CA); 1.88MB/s; academic network;M: UCSD(89.4MB/s), PL(6.83M/s), SA(8.85M/s), GR (6.36M/s) US(OR); 808KB/s; local ISP; M: UCSD(2MB/s) US(FL); 1.33MB/s; residential LAN US(TX); 20-100KB/s; hotel wifi; M: UCSD(2.89MB/s), SA(1.42MB/s)(!),

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-16 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
Am 16.02.2018 um 17:20 schrieb Pavel Sanda: Hello lyx users, it has been brought to our(=developers) attention that downloading speed of lyx installers might become too slow on various places over the globe. The size of installers was steadily growing past years and 220 MB might indeed pose pr

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-16 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
Le 16/02/2018 à 17:20, Pavel Sanda a écrit : Hello lyx users, it has been brought to our(=developers) attention that downloading speed of lyx installers might become too slow on various places over the globe. The size of installers was steadily growing past years and 220 MB might indeed pose pro

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-16 Thread José Abílio Matos
On Friday, 16 February 2018 16.20.53 WET Pavel Sanda wrote: > If you have one minute of spare time could you download this file > ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.3/lyx-2.3.0rc2/LyX-2.3.0rc2+qt5-x86_64 > -cocoa.dmg and report: > > 1. time to download (/ download speed) > 2. country (and/or do

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-16 Thread Pavel Sanda
Pavel Sanda wrote: > Ok, updating US(CA); 1.88MB/s; academic network;M: UCSD(89.4MB/s), PL(6.83M/s), SA(8.85M/s), GR (6.36M/s) US(OR); 808KB/s; local ISP; M: UCSD(2MB/s) US(FL); 1.33MB/s; residential LAN US(TX); 20-100KB/s; hotel wifi; M: UCSD(2.89MB/s), SA(1.42MB/s)(!),

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-16 Thread Charlie
On Fri, 16 Feb 2018 17:20:53 +0100 Pavel Sanda wrote: > If you have one minute of spare time could you download this file > ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.3/lyx-2.3.0rc2/LyX-2.3.0rc2+qt5-x86_64-cocoa.dmg > and report: > > 1. time to download (/ download speed) > 2. country (and/or domain)

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-16 Thread Joel Kulesza
On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 9:20 AM, Pavel Sanda wrote: > Hello lyx users, > > it has been brought to our(=developers) attention that downloading speed > of lyx > installers might become too slow on various places over the globe. The > size of > installers was steadily growing past years and 220 MB m

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-17 Thread Andrew Parsloe
On 17/02/2018 5:20 a.m., Pavel Sanda wrote: Hello lyx users, it has been brought to our(=developers) attention that downloading speed of lyx installers might become too slow on various places over the globe. The size of installers was steadily growing past years and 220 MB might indeed pose pr

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-17 Thread Pavel Sanda
Pavel Sanda wrote: > Ok, updating US(CA); 1.88MB/s; academic network;M: UCSD(89.4MB/s), PL(6.83M/s), SA(8.85M/s), GR (6.36M/s) US(OR); 808KB/s; local ISP; M: UCSD(2MB/s) US(FL); 1.33MB/s; residential LAN; US(TX); 20-100KB/s; hotel wifi; M: UCSD(2.89MB/s), SA(1.42MB/s)(!)

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-17 Thread Stephan Witt
Am 16.02.2018 um 17:20 schrieb Pavel Sanda : > > Hello lyx users, > > it has been brought to our(=developers) attention that downloading speed of > lyx > installers might become too slow on various places over the globe. The size of > installers was steadily growing past years and 220 MB might i

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-19 Thread Wolfgang Engelmann
$ time wget 'ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.3/lyx-2.3.0rc2/LyX-2.3.0rc2+qt5-x86_64-cocoa.dmg' Am 16.02.2018 um 21:32 schrieb Pavel Sanda: Pavel Sanda wrote: Ok, updating US(CA); 1.88MB/s; academic network;M: UCSD(89.4MB/s), PL(6.83M/s), SA(8.85M/s), GR (6.36M/s) US(OR); 808KB/s;

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-20 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
Pavel, I live in Windhoek, Namibia and thought I also run a standard speed test for comparison This is via my leased line at home from the up and coming competitor, which is capped at 384 KBps (ethernet from the router to a MacPro) time ncftpget ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.3/lyx-2.3.0

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-20 Thread Pavel Sanda
Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: > I'll repeat this together with the speed test on the 12" tonight so you > can see it for comparison. Interesting would be if you try to download from south african mirror - what would be the difference of your speed. ftp://mirror.ufs.ac.za/applications/lyx/devel/lyx-2.3/

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-20 Thread Pavel Sanda
Wolfgang Engelmann wrote: > $ time wget > 'ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.3/lyx-2.3.0rc2/LyX-2.3.0rc2+qt5-x86_64-cocoa.dmg' > > > Am 16.02.2018 um 21:32 schrieb Pavel Sanda: >> Pavel Sanda wrote: >>> Ok, updating >> US(CA); 1.88MB/s; academic network; M: UCSD(89.4MB/s), PL(6.83M/s)

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-20 Thread el
Ok, will do both and the speed test tonight. Can perhaps even get the 4G from my landline provider :-)-O el — Sent from Dr Lisse’s iPhone X On 20 Feb 2018, 16:23 +0200, Pavel Sanda , wrote: > Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote: > > I'll repeat this together with the speed test on the 12" tonight so you >

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-21 Thread Cris Fuhrman
On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 11:20 AM, Pavel Sanda wrote: > 1. time to download (/ download speed) > I'm using Chrome on Windows at my university which has a pretty fast connexion normally. However, it's telling me 40 minutes left (pretty consistent time, not going to wait for it to finish, however).

Re: Small poll - download speed of LyX installers

2018-02-23 Thread Dr Eberhard Lisse
The following script: #!/bin/bash clear \ && rm -f LyX-2.3.0rc2+qt5-x86_64-cocoa.dmg \ && echo "UCT:" \ && time ncftpget ftp://mirror.ufs.ac.za/applications/lyx/devel/lyx-2.3/lyx-2.3.0rc2/LyX-2.3.0rc2+qt5-x86_64-cocoa.dmg \ && rm -f LyX-2.3.0rc2+qt5-x86_64-cocoa.dmg \ && echo "LYX:" \