On 2003-06-20, 18:26 GMT, Fernando Perez wrote:
Ah! Bummer. Thanks for the clarification, though. It would be really nice if it had them, as it would make the on-screen visual appearance that much closer to that of the printed page with zero effort.
PLEASE, No!!! LyX was never intended to make any appearance closer to anything. And I beg developers not to give in to any attempts to do so.
Don't worry, chill out.
This is simply a _font_ issue I was talking about, nothing else. I am a _huge_ fan of Lyx's WYSIWYM, and I'd never favor any effort in the direction of trying to tweak the visual layout unnecessarily.
I know VERY WELL that down that path lie both madness and MS Word-like document micro-management. I've been using Lyx for many years (since the 0.10 days) and I've written theses and papers with it, so I know full well where its strenghts lie.
However, just like the instant latex-preview of equations is a nice touch for seeing your math rendered just like latex will, I see no harm in seeing on-screen my document with Computer Modern fonts. Keep in mind that users of non-accented languages can already do it, it's just that the lack of accents in Cmr10 prevents some of us from doing it. Those fonts are really nice and readable, and being able to use them while I work would be a nice touch.
But as I said, this is a minor thing.
Have a beer and relax, I'm not trying to propose that lyx becomes MS Word, don't worry.
Cheers,
f.
