Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on September 24, 2004 03:40 AM
LyX is a great piece of software. I mostly write LaTeX in Vim, (recently I discovered LaTeXSuite, http://vim-latex.sourceforge.net/) but I use LyX every once a while, and it is the only "word processor" type software I am able to use without having a fit every five minutes or so<nobr> <wbr></nobr>:) It has the best math editor I have ever tried.
My main problem with LyX is how difficult is it to use Metapost generated graphics with LyX. I use Metapost a lot, and to use it with LyX and produce both ps and pdf versions of a document is painful (which is funny, because both LyX and Metapost alone are very good at producing identical ps and pdf documents. They approaches to the problem sort of clash with each other).
There is another program whose philosophy reminds me of LyX. It's the graphics editor IPE (http://ipe.compgeom.org/) I would recommend every person who likes LyX and has to create technical graphics to look at it. If you do, don't forget to try all the snapping modes.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on September 24, 2004 03:40 AMMy main problem with LyX is how difficult is it to use Metapost generated graphics with LyX. I use Metapost a lot, and to use it with LyX and produce both ps and pdf versions of a document is painful (which is funny, because both LyX and Metapost alone are very good at producing identical ps and pdf documents. They approaches to the problem sort of clash with each other).
There is another program whose philosophy reminds me of LyX. It's the graphics editor IPE (http://ipe.compgeom.org/) I would recommend every person who likes LyX and has to create technical graphics to look at it. If you do, don't forget to try all the snapping modes.
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