__/ [ Oliver Wong ] on Wednesday 19 July 2006 15:10 \__
> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:1386483.hj2j3sZzWV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> Try LyX < http://www.lyx.org/ >. It's merely a front-end (not a true
>> WYSIWYG
>> as there is no confining frame, e.g. A4 paper). Been happy with it since
>> 2001 and part of the community since 2005. I rarely have to code directly
>> in
>> TeX owing to this splendid piece of free, Free, stable, and cross-platform
>> application.
>
> Thanks, I took a look at it last night, and from the textual
> description, it sounded really nice (wish there were some screenshots or
> something though). Unfortunately, it looked like I had to install a whole
> slew of other software to get this working (Python, QT, etc.) and I was
> just feeling lazy that night. I like just double clicking on a single
> installer and having it take care of everything for me. I guess my
> Microsoft roots are showing, huh? ;)
Under Windows, this involves getting MikTeX and a few more packages, all of
which are summarised and centralised in a step-by-step guide. I believe that
Uwe has been working on an automated installer for Win32 as he keeps raving
about it in the mailing lists. Back in the days (around 2002) there was
nothing but an unofficial Win32 port (not maintained by the development
team, but some other independent developer called Klaus). This led me to
writing many documents over SSH with X-forwarding. I sometimes edited the
LyX files directly, with a generic text editor, rather than the front-end
(about as trivial as barebones LaTeX).
Either way, under Linux, LaTeX is more natural and LyX if sometimes
preinstalled (if not, just tick the box and press "Accept", or something
along these lines).
Screenshots? There you go.
http://www.lyx.org/about/screenshots.php
Remember: less is more. I happily write a thesis in LyX and some colleagues
want to start learning it (but they fear and resist change). They are soon
departing from Word, which makes large documents unmanageable and the output
unappealing to the reader's eye. Sadly they seem to opt for a trial version
of WinEdt (popular around the department, so there are people to ask for
help), which is macro-based rather than a true abstraction to TeX.
> Maybe I'll try installing it again some time later this week or month.
Trust me. Nothing beats it once you get used it. It's more natural to use it
under Linux though, installation-wise. But this must have chnages over the
years, so don't take my word for it.
Best wishes,
Roy
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