discuss: lyx & docbook
Subject:
Re: lyx & docbook
From:
David Merrill ####@####.####
Date:
18 Aug 2001 13:43:51 -0000
Message-Id: <20010818094247.B19965@lupercalia.net>
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 09:20:09AM +0200, jdd wrote:
> * the default quotes (french flavor) is not correctly translated and gives
> "?", one must use an other simpler kind of quotes in the document layout menu.
You should be using the " entity instead of real quotes.
> Would you recommend it to others?
>
> I strongly advocate LyX. LyX is a kind of graphical interface to TeX (when it
> don't write docbook), it allows very long, complex and structured document
> (still not having all the features of TeX) and still keep easy for anybody
>
> Have you sent a bug report to the developers?
> I can't follow the LyX development, it's too fast ! I make the lys-devel list
Yeah, I was on that list for a bit last year, and things move fast.
Thanks very much for your feedback. I've written to the Lyx team
myself, asking for information on DocBook future and offering to help
them beta test. I'm sure we can find authors willing to give it a
shot, and it's looking more and more like a viable option.
Thanks again,
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