I don't see my error

Jean-Marc Lasgouttes lasgouttes at lyx.org
Mon Sep 12 10:27:41 UTC 2022


Le 11/09/2022 à 14:46, Rich Shepard a écrit :
> On Sun, 11 Sep 2022, Steve Litt wrote:
> 
>> If one prefers not to put it in ERT,
> 
> Many years ago I expressed the opinion (on the mail list) that the term
> should be changed because there's nothing evil about inserting LaTeX in a
> LyX document. I was ignored.

What is evil in Embedded Raw Text ? :-p

More seriously, I could not find where ERT is defined in our 
documentation (it is used without explanation, though). There are a 
couple of mentions of Evil Red Text in Additional.lyx, but they assume 
that the user know what it is.

> When I need to create a vector graphic I write it in PSTricks because I 
> find
> it frustrating to make fine adjustments in GUI tools such as Dia.
> 
> I may be in the minority on this issue.

I do things like that too. But people should be aware that LyX have no 
idea of what they do in there. It is in unsupported zone.

JMarc


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