Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on September 24, 2004 03:53 AM
If you want the software to do all the layout for you - use LaTeX. And an ordinary text editor like emacs. If your doc has a lot of math, this is definitely the best way to go.
If you want a GUI, then use OpenOffice. It's a pity it can't export to LaTeX, but I have to admit I've never needed it to.
So who needs LyX? Beats me. The whole point of a GUI is that you get direct control over layout, assuming that that's what you want. LyX doesn't give you that, so what's the point of a GUI? It panders to the unthinking prejudice that a GUI is always "better", "more user-friendly". But in this case, it isn't, because it creates the wrong expectations in the user.
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LyX: neither fish nor fowl
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on September 24, 2004 03:53 AMIf you want a GUI, then use OpenOffice. It's a pity it can't export to LaTeX, but I have to admit I've never needed it to.
So who needs LyX? Beats me. The whole point of a GUI is that you get direct control over layout, assuming that that's what you want. LyX doesn't give you that, so what's the point of a GUI? It panders to the unthinking prejudice that a GUI is always "better", "more user-friendly". But in this case, it isn't, because it creates the wrong expectations in the user.
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