- From: David Allouche <address@hidden>
- To: Kasper Souren <address@hidden>
- Cc: address@hidden
- Subject: Re: bibtex problem? no... #texmacs-users?
- Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 16:10:54 +0200
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 12:36:54PM +0200, Kasper Souren wrote:
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> This problem has been answered approximately one zillion times
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> here.
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Then it's weird that I haven't noticed it, I've been lurking for
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quite a while...
Mhh... actually I found only a couple of answers from me and Joris...
that really feels like a FAQ to me... Maybe because it is often asked
privately on address@hidden...
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> The trick is that labels, references, citation, etc. are created
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> as deactived nodes. You need to press enter to activate them.
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> This information is given in the footer when creating such nodes
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> from the menu, it is also explained in the manual in one of the
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> early chapters.
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Which one exactly? I didn't succeed to extract this information from
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the manual. And it's not in the chapter "links and automatically
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generated content" (I looked for "return" or "enter"). Do you mean
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the manual that comes with TeXmacs, or is there another one?
Help->Manual->Typing simple text
8.5. Dynamic objects
I agree that this is not really obvious when you just scan the
documentation (not reading it like a novel). Recent versions of
texmacs (which I cannot use because they just won't compile here) also
include a search engine, so the relevant documentation might be easier
to find.
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> > Also, for stuff like this I really find it handy to go to IRC
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> > pose my question and hang out there a while, helping other
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> > people in the meanwhile. So I wonder why #texmacs is reserved
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> > for developers? If this is really important, maybe
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> > #texmacs-users could be created?
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> Yes, that would really be a good thing, if only there were people
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> with enough knowledge of texmacs *and* enough free time...
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Well, it doesn't cost that much time to just have a channel open,
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check what's happening there once in 2 hours and answer a question
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once in a while... And it's a good way to increase the knowledge of
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TeXmacs users at the same time. So that the next time someone else
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can answer the question.
I agree with you, ideally.
When I created #texmacs, it was intended to be exactly this. I
advertised it as a developer forum so people will at least _try_ to
solve their problem themselves before asking. But after several
monthes, it just appeared that the user community we (Alvaro,
Stephane, and a few others) have been trying to stimulate (through the
Wiki and the IRC channel mostly) was just not there.
Also, you just cannot imagine how frustrating a couple of people who
just _do not try_ can be.
But then... okay I'll be lurking there on #texmacs again (in one week,
because I am going on a vacation tomorrow). Maybe things have changed
since the last time.
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-- ddaa
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