Re: Show pagebreaks in the editor?

rgheck wrote: Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote: I guess he was just not aware that [showing page breaks] is actually not feasible in LyX, as Richard G. Heck kindly explained. What if it would be feasible ? Would it be an added value or is it too the-non-tex-way ? I don't see the value myself.

Re: Show pagebreaks in the editor?

rgheck wrote: Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote: I guess he was just not aware that [showing page breaks] is actually not feasible in LyX, as Richard G. Heck kindly explained. What if it would be feasible ? Would it be an added value or is it too the-non-tex-way ? I don't see the value myself.

Re: Show pagebreaks in the editor?

rgheck wrote: > Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote: >>> I guess he was just not aware that [showing page breaks] is actually >>> not feasible in LyX, as Richard G. Heck kindly explained. >>> >> What if it would be feasible ? Would it be an added value or is it too >> the-non-tex-way ? >> > I don't see

Re: Show pagebreaks in the editor?

2008/12/16 Nicolás becon...@gmail.com: You say nor the TeX way. Well, if I am not wrong, LyX is not a mere front-end for TeX, so you should say nor the LyX way. :-) Both are true in this case... -- Manveru jabber: manv...@manveru.pl gg: 1624001 http://www.manveru.pl

Re: Show pagebreaks in the editor?

Nicolás schreef: Rich Shepard wrote: Nor the TeX way. If someone wants a WISIWIG writing tool there are multiple word processors that are specifically designed for that. They'll show page breaks, different typefaces, and all the other appearance items on the screen as the document is being

Re: Show pagebreaks in the editor?

Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote: I guess he was just not aware that [showing page breaks] is actually not feasible in LyX, as Richard G. Heck kindly explained. What if it would be feasible ? Would it be an added value or is it too the-non-tex-way ? I don't see the value myself. As I said

Re: Show pagebreaks in the editor?

2008/12/16 Nicolás becon...@gmail.com: You say nor the TeX way. Well, if I am not wrong, LyX is not a mere front-end for TeX, so you should say nor the LyX way. :-) Both are true in this case... -- Manveru jabber: manv...@manveru.pl gg: 1624001 http://www.manveru.pl

Re: Show pagebreaks in the editor?

Nicolás schreef: Rich Shepard wrote: Nor the TeX way. If someone wants a WISIWIG writing tool there are multiple word processors that are specifically designed for that. They'll show page breaks, different typefaces, and all the other appearance items on the screen as the document is being

Re: Show pagebreaks in the editor?

Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote: I guess he was just not aware that [showing page breaks] is actually not feasible in LyX, as Richard G. Heck kindly explained. What if it would be feasible ? Would it be an added value or is it too the-non-tex-way ? I don't see the value myself. As I said

Re: Show pagebreaks in the editor?

2008/12/16 Nicolás : > You say "nor the TeX way". Well, if I am not wrong, LyX is not a mere > front-end for TeX, so you should say "nor the LyX way". :-) Both are true in this case... -- Manveru jabber: manv...@manveru.pl gg: 1624001 http://www.manveru.pl

Re: Show pagebreaks in the editor?

Nicolás schreef: Rich Shepard wrote: Nor the TeX way. If someone wants a WISIWIG writing tool there are multiple word processors that are specifically designed for that. They'll show page breaks, different typefaces, and all the other appearance items on the screen as the document is being

Re: Show pagebreaks in the editor?

Vincent van Ravesteijn wrote: I guess he was just not aware that [showing page breaks] is actually not feasible in LyX, as Richard G. Heck kindly explained. What if it would be feasible ? Would it be an added value or is it too the-non-tex-way ? I don't see the value myself. As I said

Re: Show pagebreaks in the editor?

Rich Shepard wrote: Nor the TeX way. If someone wants a WISIWIG writing tool there are multiple word processors that are specifically designed for that. They'll show page breaks, different typefaces, and all the other appearance items on the screen as the document is being written. If that's

Re: Show pagebreaks in the editor?

Rich Shepard wrote: Nor the TeX way. If someone wants a WISIWIG writing tool there are multiple word processors that are specifically designed for that. They'll show page breaks, different typefaces, and all the other appearance items on the screen as the document is being written. If that's

Re: Show pagebreaks in the editor?

Rich Shepard wrote: Nor the TeX way. If someone wants a WISIWIG writing tool there are multiple word processors that are specifically designed for that. They'll show page breaks, different typefaces, and all the other appearance items on the screen as the document is being written. If that's

Show pagebreaks in the editor?

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Re: Show pagebreaks in the editor?

bigblop wrote: Are there any plans in the future to show separate pages in the lyx editor instead of one long background with potential unlimited margins? No. Even though I much prefer LyX over Microsoft Word it just looks much better when pages are shown separately in the editor. This does

Re: Show pagebreaks in the editor?

Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: bigblop wrote: Even though I much prefer LyX over Microsoft Word it just looks much better when pages are shown separately in the editor. This does not make sense in the LyX context. To elaborate: LyX relies upon LaTeX to do the formatting. LyX has no way

Re: Show pagebreaks in the editor?

On Fri, 12 Dec 2008, rgheck wrote: To elaborate: LyX relies upon LaTeX to do the formatting. LyX has no way of knowing where LaTeX might decide to break the pages, and even a single character one on page could cause LaTeX to do something completely different several pages before (because it

Show pagebreaks in the editor?

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Re: Show pagebreaks in the editor?

bigblop wrote: Are there any plans in the future to show separate pages in the lyx editor instead of one long background with potential unlimited margins? No. Even though I much prefer LyX over Microsoft Word it just looks much better when pages are shown separately in the editor. This does

Re: Show pagebreaks in the editor?

Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: bigblop wrote: Even though I much prefer LyX over Microsoft Word it just looks much better when pages are shown separately in the editor. This does not make sense in the LyX context. To elaborate: LyX relies upon LaTeX to do the formatting. LyX has no way

Re: Show pagebreaks in the editor?

On Fri, 12 Dec 2008, rgheck wrote: To elaborate: LyX relies upon LaTeX to do the formatting. LyX has no way of knowing where LaTeX might decide to break the pages, and even a single character one on page could cause LaTeX to do something completely different several pages before (because it

Show pagebreaks in the editor?

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Re: Show pagebreaks in the editor?

bigblop wrote: > Are there any plans in the future to show separate pages in the lyx editor > instead of one long background with potential unlimited margins? No. > Even though I much prefer LyX over Microsoft Word it just looks much better > when pages are shown separately in the editor. This

Re: Show pagebreaks in the editor?

Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: bigblop wrote: Even though I much prefer LyX over Microsoft Word it just looks much better when pages are shown separately in the editor. This does not make sense in the LyX context. To elaborate: LyX relies upon LaTeX to do the formatting. LyX has no way

Re: Show pagebreaks in the editor?

On Fri, 12 Dec 2008, rgheck wrote: To elaborate: LyX relies upon LaTeX to do the formatting. LyX has no way of knowing where LaTeX might decide to break the pages, and even a single character one on page could cause LaTeX to do something completely different several pages before (because it