Andrea <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2006-09-13 10:35, * Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>> Have you had the chance to see LyX? It is easier to use than Writer, or even
>> Word. And the benefits of having a document with structural information is
>> that you can change styles (templates, class) and stay with a perfectly-fine
>> document. It's the difference between using Dreamweaver and coding with CSS.
>> Professional sites that are standards-compiliant (accessible among other
>> factors), as well as search engine-friendly, are simpler. And they are not
>> built in the form of reverse engineering -- from layout to code. LyX gives a
>> nice front end, so you never get your hands 'dirty' with code. Macro-based
>> editors like WinEdt achieve something similar. Have a look at lyx.org.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Roy
>>
>
> Seems to me like doing things a hard way. I use OO Writer a lot and it
> suits my needs well. No need to use something else, but I'll give LyX a
> try, just because I'm curious.
>
> Best regards,
>
>
Lyx is a niche application; LaTEX files are generally completely unecessary
for the grand majority of the population who are not scientists or textbook
editors.
There's no reason to use it just because it's easier than writer. Lots of
things are easier than writer, but the point is as always, the right tool
for the job. Lyx is the right tool for a research assistant formatting her
advisor's latest paper on protein synthesis, and writer is the right tool
for someone who needs to generate a document that's universally readable.
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