Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on September 24, 2004 05:18 PM
>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.
Really? I can't speak for others, but I usually don't care about "direct control over layout". Rather the opposite: I want to "just type" while LyX takes care of the layout without me having to bother.
>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.
Did you know that in LyX, you can just type LaTeX math commands into a math box (e.g. \int, \sqrt, \frac...), and symbols appear as you type? (To be exact, in order to see the symbol you must either start the next one or hit space, so that LyX knows that the command is finished.)
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Re:LyX: neither fish nor fowl
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on September 24, 2004 05:18 PMReally? I can't speak for others, but I usually don't care about "direct control over layout". Rather the opposite: I want to "just type" while LyX takes care of the layout without me having to bother.
>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.
Did you know that in LyX, you can just type LaTeX math commands into a math box (e.g. \int, \sqrt, \frac...), and symbols appear as you type?
(To be exact, in order to see the symbol you must either start the next one or hit space, so that LyX knows that the command is finished.)
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