Re: Recommended third-party tools

I'd like to thank everyone who offered suggestions for this guide. I've implemented almost all of them, and anyone who wants to take this thing and make something more official out of it is welcome to. I remain of the opinion that a simple, one-page guide which takes the user step-by-step not

Re: Recommended third-party tools

I'd like to thank everyone who offered suggestions for this guide. I've implemented almost all of them, and anyone who wants to take this thing and make something more official out of it is welcome to. I remain of the opinion that a simple, one-page guide which takes the user step-by-step not

Re: Recommended third-party tools

I'd like to thank everyone who offered suggestions for this guide. I've implemented almost all of them, and anyone who wants to take this thing and make something more official out of it is welcome to. I remain of the opinion that a simple, one-page guide which takes the user step-by-step not

Re: Recommended third-party tools

Yihui Xie wrote: Yes, knitr is beyond beta state now. I appreciate if someone can add a description item below Sweave: Added. P

Re: Recommended third-party tools

Am Sonntag, 19. Februar 2012, 00:45:52 schrieb Russell D Brunelle: I'm working on creating the perfect step-by-step procedure for setting up a Linux workstation for scientific writing, based on LyX and with an emphasis on selecting the best available FOSS tools for creating graphics and

Re: Recommended third-party tools

Yihui Xie wrote: Yes, knitr is beyond beta state now. I appreciate if someone can add a description item below Sweave: Added. P

Re: Recommended third-party tools

Am Sonntag, 19. Februar 2012, 00:45:52 schrieb Russell D Brunelle: I'm working on creating the perfect step-by-step procedure for setting up a Linux workstation for scientific writing, based on LyX and with an emphasis on selecting the best available FOSS tools for creating graphics and

Re: Recommended third-party tools

Yihui Xie wrote: > Yes, knitr is beyond beta state now. I appreciate if someone can add a > description item below Sweave: Added. P

Re: Recommended third-party tools

Am Sonntag, 19. Februar 2012, 00:45:52 schrieb Russell D Brunelle: > I'm working on creating the "perfect" step-by-step procedure for setting > up a Linux workstation for scientific writing, based on LyX and with an > emphasis on selecting the best available FOSS tools for creating > graphics and

Re: Recommended third-party tools

Russell D Brunelle wrote: left out. I don't consider myself a LyX expert, but I do believe there is a need for something like this, and I gave this my best shot in the hopes of getting the ball rolling. You may want to check http://www.lyx.org/AdditionalSoftware Yihui Xie wrote: The topic

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Yes, knitr is beyond beta state now. I appreciate if someone can add a description item below Sweave: dt a href=http://yihui.name/knitr/; class=urllinkknitr/a - literate programming./dtdd A comprehensive R package derived from Sweave with a different design that includes code formatting,

Re: Recommended third-party tools

Russell D Brunelle wrote: left out. I don't consider myself a LyX expert, but I do believe there is a need for something like this, and I gave this my best shot in the hopes of getting the ball rolling. You may want to check http://www.lyx.org/AdditionalSoftware Yihui Xie wrote: The topic

Re: Recommended third-party tools

Yes, knitr is beyond beta state now. I appreciate if someone can add a description item below Sweave: dt a href=http://yihui.name/knitr/; class=urllinkknitr/a - literate programming./dtdd A comprehensive R package derived from Sweave with a different design that includes code formatting,

Re: Recommended third-party tools

Russell D Brunelle wrote: > left out. I don't consider myself a LyX expert, but I do believe there is > a need for something like this, and I gave this my best shot in the hopes > of getting the ball rolling. You may want to check http://www.lyx.org/AdditionalSoftware Yihui Xie wrote: > The

Re: Recommended third-party tools

Yes, knitr is beyond beta state now. I appreciate if someone can add a description item below Sweave: http://yihui.name/knitr/; class="urllink">knitr - literate programming. A comprehensive R package derived from Sweave with a different design that includes code formatting, highlighting,

Re: Recommended third-party tools

On 02/18/2012 10:56 PM, Les Denham wrote: Firstly, the version of Linux is not all that important. I've had good experiences with Ubuntu in the past, but thanks to some idiotic (in my opinion) decisions recently by the maintainers of both Gnome and KDE and by Ubuntu for its default desktop,

Re: Recommended third-party tools

On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 9:14 AM, David L. Johnson david.john...@lehigh.edu wrote: On 02/18/2012 10:56 PM, Les Denham wrote: Firstly, the version of Linux is not all that important. I've had good experiences with Ubuntu in the past, but thanks to some idiotic (in my opinion) decisions

Re: Recommended third-party tools

On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 4:56 AM, Les Denham lden...@hal-pc.org wrote: Firstly, the version of Linux is not all that important. I've had good experiences with Ubuntu in the past, but thanks to some idiotic (in my opinion) decisions recently by the maintainers of both Gnome and KDE and by Ubuntu

Re: Recommended third-party tools

On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 2:12 AM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote: I'm working on creating the perfect step-by-step procedure for setting up a Linux workstation for scientific writing, based on LyX It would be nice if you could use *bold* for each of the apps included in that page.

Re: Recommended third-party tools

Liviu, This is really great news! I've been longing for such a PPA. Thanks! Regards, Yihui -- Yihui Xie xieyi...@gmail.com Phone: 515-294-2465 Web: http://yihui.name Department of Statistics, Iowa State University 2215 Snedecor Hall, Ames, IA On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Liviu Andronic

New LyX Personal Package Archive: was Recommended third-party tools

On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:48:53 +0100 Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 2:12 AM, Steve Litt [clip] On the other hand, Debian's more likely to have a *working* LyX :-) This is hopefully changing. Now we have a PPA containing up-to-date releases of LyX. [1]

Re: New LyX Personal Package Archive: was Recommended third-party tools

On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 9:13 PM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote: [1] https://launchpad.net/~lyx-devel/+archive/release You should shout this from the rooftops. This should be on the LyX Wiki's home page in +3 bold typesize. If this Personal Package Archive (PPA) actually yields

Re: Recommended third-party tools

On 02/18/2012 10:56 PM, Les Denham wrote: Firstly, the version of Linux is not all that important. I've had good experiences with Ubuntu in the past, but thanks to some idiotic (in my opinion) decisions recently by the maintainers of both Gnome and KDE and by Ubuntu for its default desktop,

Re: Recommended third-party tools

On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 9:14 AM, David L. Johnson david.john...@lehigh.edu wrote: On 02/18/2012 10:56 PM, Les Denham wrote: Firstly, the version of Linux is not all that important. I've had good experiences with Ubuntu in the past, but thanks to some idiotic (in my opinion) decisions

Re: Recommended third-party tools

On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 4:56 AM, Les Denham lden...@hal-pc.org wrote: Firstly, the version of Linux is not all that important. I've had good experiences with Ubuntu in the past, but thanks to some idiotic (in my opinion) decisions recently by the maintainers of both Gnome and KDE and by Ubuntu

Re: Recommended third-party tools

On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 2:12 AM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote: I'm working on creating the perfect step-by-step procedure for setting up a Linux workstation for scientific writing, based on LyX It would be nice if you could use *bold* for each of the apps included in that page.

Re: Recommended third-party tools

Liviu, This is really great news! I've been longing for such a PPA. Thanks! Regards, Yihui -- Yihui Xie xieyi...@gmail.com Phone: 515-294-2465 Web: http://yihui.name Department of Statistics, Iowa State University 2215 Snedecor Hall, Ames, IA On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Liviu Andronic

New LyX Personal Package Archive: was Recommended third-party tools

On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:48:53 +0100 Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 2:12 AM, Steve Litt [clip] On the other hand, Debian's more likely to have a *working* LyX :-) This is hopefully changing. Now we have a PPA containing up-to-date releases of LyX. [1]

Re: New LyX Personal Package Archive: was Recommended third-party tools

On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 9:13 PM, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote: [1] https://launchpad.net/~lyx-devel/+archive/release You should shout this from the rooftops. This should be on the LyX Wiki's home page in +3 bold typesize. If this Personal Package Archive (PPA) actually yields

Re: Recommended third-party tools

On 02/18/2012 10:56 PM, Les Denham wrote: Firstly, the version of Linux is not all that important. I've had good experiences with Ubuntu in the past, but thanks to some idiotic (in my opinion) decisions recently by the maintainers of both Gnome and KDE and by Ubuntu for its default desktop,

Re: Recommended third-party tools

On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 9:14 AM, David L. Johnson wrote: > On 02/18/2012 10:56 PM, Les Denham wrote: >> >> >> Firstly, the version of Linux is not all that important. I've had good >> experiences with Ubuntu in the past, but thanks to some idiotic (in my >> opinion)

Re: Recommended third-party tools

On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 4:56 AM, Les Denham wrote: > Firstly, the version of Linux is not all that important. I've had good > experiences with Ubuntu in the past, but thanks to some idiotic (in my > opinion) decisions recently by the maintainers of both Gnome and KDE > and by

Re: Recommended third-party tools

On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 2:12 AM, Steve Litt wrote: >> I'm working on creating the "perfect" step-by-step procedure for >> setting up a Linux workstation for scientific writing, based on LyX > It would be nice if you could use *bold* for each of the apps included in that

Re: Recommended third-party tools

Liviu, This is really great news! I've been longing for such a PPA. Thanks! Regards, Yihui -- Yihui Xie Phone: 515-294-2465 Web: http://yihui.name Department of Statistics, Iowa State University 2215 Snedecor Hall, Ames, IA On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Liviu Andronic

New LyX Personal Package Archive: was Recommended third-party tools

On Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:48:53 +0100 Liviu Andronic wrote: > On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 2:12 AM, Steve Litt [clip] > > On the other hand, Debian's more likely to > > have a *working* LyX :-) > > > This is hopefully changing. Now we have a PPA containing up-to-date > releases

Re: New LyX Personal Package Archive: was Recommended third-party tools

On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 9:13 PM, Steve Litt wrote: >> [1] https://launchpad.net/~lyx-devel/+archive/release > > You should shout this from the rooftops. This should be on the LyX > Wiki's home page in +3 bold typesize. If this Personal Package Archive > (PPA) actually

Recommended third-party tools

I'm working on creating the perfect step-by-step procedure for setting up a Linux workstation for scientific writing, based on LyX and with an emphasis on selecting the best available FOSS tools for creating graphics and performing computations. Whenever possible I wanted to select tools

Re: Recommended third-party tools

On Sat, 18 Feb 2012, Russell D Brunelle wrote: I'm working on creating the perfect step-by-step procedure for setting up a Linux workstation for scientific writing, based on LyX and with an emphasis on selecting the best available FOSS tools for creating graphics and performing computations.

Re: Recommended third-party tools

On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:45:52 -0800 Russell D Brunelle rdb...@uw.edu wrote: I'm working on creating the perfect step-by-step procedure for setting up a Linux workstation for scientific writing, based on LyX and with an emphasis on selecting the best available FOSS tools for creating graphics

Re: Recommended third-party tools

The topic of the original post is too broad for me to comment on, but if it comes down to statistical computing and graphics, I certainly recommend R. Here are some sample documents created in LyX with R literate programming modules: https://github.com/downloads/yihui/lyx/sweave.pdf

Re: Recommended third-party tools

On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:45:52 -0800 Russell D Brunelle rdb...@uw.edu wrote: Here's the draft I have so far, which builds on something I mentioned on this list a while ago: http://russellb.livejournal.com/1335718.html I'm sure everyone has different preferences, but here are some of my

Recommended third-party tools

I'm working on creating the perfect step-by-step procedure for setting up a Linux workstation for scientific writing, based on LyX and with an emphasis on selecting the best available FOSS tools for creating graphics and performing computations. Whenever possible I wanted to select tools

Re: Recommended third-party tools

On Sat, 18 Feb 2012, Russell D Brunelle wrote: I'm working on creating the perfect step-by-step procedure for setting up a Linux workstation for scientific writing, based on LyX and with an emphasis on selecting the best available FOSS tools for creating graphics and performing computations.

Re: Recommended third-party tools

On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:45:52 -0800 Russell D Brunelle rdb...@uw.edu wrote: I'm working on creating the perfect step-by-step procedure for setting up a Linux workstation for scientific writing, based on LyX and with an emphasis on selecting the best available FOSS tools for creating graphics

Re: Recommended third-party tools

The topic of the original post is too broad for me to comment on, but if it comes down to statistical computing and graphics, I certainly recommend R. Here are some sample documents created in LyX with R literate programming modules: https://github.com/downloads/yihui/lyx/sweave.pdf

Re: Recommended third-party tools

On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:45:52 -0800 Russell D Brunelle rdb...@uw.edu wrote: Here's the draft I have so far, which builds on something I mentioned on this list a while ago: http://russellb.livejournal.com/1335718.html I'm sure everyone has different preferences, but here are some of my

Recommended third-party tools

I'm working on creating the "perfect" step-by-step procedure for setting up a Linux workstation for scientific writing, based on LyX and with an emphasis on selecting the best available FOSS tools for creating graphics and performing computations. Whenever possible I wanted to select tools

Re: Recommended third-party tools

On Sat, 18 Feb 2012, Russell D Brunelle wrote: I'm working on creating the "perfect" step-by-step procedure for setting up a Linux workstation for scientific writing, based on LyX and with an emphasis on selecting the best available FOSS tools for creating graphics and performing computations.

Re: Recommended third-party tools

On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:45:52 -0800 Russell D Brunelle wrote: > I'm working on creating the "perfect" step-by-step procedure for > setting up a Linux workstation for scientific writing, based on LyX > and with an emphasis on selecting the best available FOSS tools for > creating

Re: Recommended third-party tools

The topic of the original post is too broad for me to comment on, but if it comes down to statistical computing and graphics, I certainly recommend R. Here are some sample documents created in LyX with R literate programming modules: https://github.com/downloads/yihui/lyx/sweave.pdf

Re: Recommended third-party tools

On Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:45:52 -0800 Russell D Brunelle wrote: > Here's the draft I have so far, which builds on something I mentioned > on this list a while ago: http://russellb.livejournal.com/1335718.html I'm sure everyone has different preferences, but here are some of my