[Rd] R Newsletter: 1st Call for Articles

[Nicholas Lewin-Koh]

Hi,
But lyx on windows is a nightmare to install, is heavily dependent on
cygwyin and i think only works on NT. So doesn't really help M$ worst
users.

Nicholas

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On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Timothy H. Keitt, wrote:

> You could use Lyx (www.lyx.org).  It exports (human readable) latex.
> 
> Tim
> 
> Peter Dalgaard BSA wrote:
> 
> > "Yves Gauvreau" <cyg@sympatico.ca> writes:
> > 
> > 
> >> This is a very nice idea. I would have a problem tough with the Latex format
> >> you require. I'm almost certain that to most Windows user, Latex is as bad
> >> news as a foreign language you know nothing about. Would there be an
> >> alternative to please every body?
> > 
> > 
> > Not really, dealing with MS Word would be a nightmare, and LaTeX is
> > just about the only format with decent treatment of mathematics.
> > 
> > However, I'm pretty sure that plain ascii would also be acceptable for
> > simple articles. On the other hand, why should the editors have the
> > trouble of putting all code excerpts in \begin{verbatim} ..
> > \end{verbatim} constructs, etc.? 
> > 
> > Perhaps one could define a simplified LaTeX markup similar to .Rd.
> > 
> > Or maybe just point people towards MiKTeX and give them a crash course
> > in LaTeX? For plain text, the format is really quite simple.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Timothy H. Keitt
> Department of Ecology and Evolution
> State University of New York at Stony Brook
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