Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-03 Thread Wolfgang Keller
LyX strives to offer an authoring environment that requires no (or truly minimal) knowledge of LaTeX. And this feature is pretty foolproof. As proven by this fool. ;- In practice, however, rudimentary LaTeX knowledge is always required when working with LyX, You can learn all that from

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 3 Sep 2013 14:46:20 +0200 Wolfgang Keller felip...@gmx.net wrote: LyX strives to offer an authoring environment that requires no (or truly minimal) knowledge of LaTeX. And this feature is pretty foolproof. As proven by this fool. ;- In practice, however, rudimentary LaTeX

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-03 Thread Wolfgang Keller
LyX strives to offer an authoring environment that requires no (or truly minimal) knowledge of LaTeX. And this feature is pretty foolproof. As proven by this fool. ;- In practice, however, rudimentary LaTeX knowledge is always required when working with LyX, You can learn all that from

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 3 Sep 2013 14:46:20 +0200 Wolfgang Keller felip...@gmx.net wrote: LyX strives to offer an authoring environment that requires no (or truly minimal) knowledge of LaTeX. And this feature is pretty foolproof. As proven by this fool. ;- In practice, however, rudimentary LaTeX

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-03 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> LyX strives to offer an authoring environment that requires no (or > truly minimal) knowledge of LaTeX. And this feature is pretty foolproof. As proven by this fool. >;-> > In practice, however, rudimentary LaTeX knowledge is always required > when working with LyX, You can learn all that

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 3 Sep 2013 14:46:20 +0200 Wolfgang Keller wrote: > > LyX strives to offer an authoring environment that requires no (or > > truly minimal) knowledge of LaTeX. > > And this feature is pretty foolproof. > > As proven by this fool. >;-> > > > In practice, however,

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-02 Thread Richard Heck
On 09/02/2013 01:02 AM, Alan L Tyree wrote: Ken Springer writes: On 9/1/13 11:06 AM, Steve Litt wrote: On Sun, 1 Sep 2013 08:29:23 +0200 Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: snip It sounds as if Lyx/LaTeX has a higher learning curve than I was hoping for. But it intrigues me. :-)

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-02 Thread Richard Heck
On 09/02/2013 01:02 AM, Alan L Tyree wrote: Ken Springer writes: On 9/1/13 11:06 AM, Steve Litt wrote: On Sun, 1 Sep 2013 08:29:23 +0200 Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: snip It sounds as if Lyx/LaTeX has a higher learning curve than I was hoping for. But it intrigues me. :-)

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-02 Thread Richard Heck
On 09/02/2013 01:02 AM, Alan L Tyree wrote: Ken Springer writes: On 9/1/13 11:06 AM, Steve Litt wrote: On Sun, 1 Sep 2013 08:29:23 +0200 Liviu Andronic wrote: It sounds as if Lyx/LaTeX has a higher learning curve than I was hoping for. But it intrigues me. :-)

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-01 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 5:10 AM, Ken Springer snowsh...@q.com wrote: If I'm going to try out LyX in the end, would it be of any value to me to do a little experimenting with LaTeX and Tex first, or just jump in the pool? LyX strives to offer an authoring environment that requires no (or truly

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-01 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 1 Sep 2013 08:29:23 +0200 Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 5:10 AM, Ken Springer snowsh...@q.com wrote: If I'm going to try out LyX in the end, would it be of any value to me to do a little experimenting with LaTeX and Tex first, or just jump in

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-01 Thread John Kane
Springer snowsh...@q.com To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 11:10:54 PM Subject: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX First, another thanks for all the replies to my thread about using LyX as a word processor. In reading some of those replies, I'm left wondering a bit

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-01 Thread Ken Springer
On 9/1/13 11:06 AM, Steve Litt wrote: On Sun, 1 Sep 2013 08:29:23 +0200 Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: snip It sounds as if Lyx/LaTeX has a higher learning curve than I was hoping for. But it intrigues me. :-) I've got some simple help documents I want to create, and I want

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-01 Thread Alan L Tyree
Ken Springer writes: On 9/1/13 11:06 AM, Steve Litt wrote: On Sun, 1 Sep 2013 08:29:23 +0200 Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: snip It sounds as if Lyx/LaTeX has a higher learning curve than I was hoping for. But it intrigues me. :-) I've got some simple help documents I

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-01 Thread Josh Hieronymus
On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 1:02 AM, Alan L Tyree alanty...@gmail.com wrote: Ken Springer writes: On 9/1/13 11:06 AM, Steve Litt wrote: On Sun, 1 Sep 2013 08:29:23 +0200 Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: snip It sounds as if Lyx/LaTeX has a higher learning curve than I was

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-01 Thread Gordon Cooper
On 02/09/13 17:02, Alan L Tyree wrote: You can become productive with LyX*very* quickly without knowing anything about LaTeX. Agreed! I wish that Lyx had been available back in the 1960's when we had to produce a heap of technical training manuals - very quickly. Gordon Tauranga N.Z.

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-01 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 5:10 AM, Ken Springer snowsh...@q.com wrote: If I'm going to try out LyX in the end, would it be of any value to me to do a little experimenting with LaTeX and Tex first, or just jump in the pool? LyX strives to offer an authoring environment that requires no (or truly

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-01 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 1 Sep 2013 08:29:23 +0200 Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 5:10 AM, Ken Springer snowsh...@q.com wrote: If I'm going to try out LyX in the end, would it be of any value to me to do a little experimenting with LaTeX and Tex first, or just jump in

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-01 Thread John Kane
Springer snowsh...@q.com To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 11:10:54 PM Subject: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX First, another thanks for all the replies to my thread about using LyX as a word processor. In reading some of those replies, I'm left wondering a bit

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-01 Thread Ken Springer
On 9/1/13 11:06 AM, Steve Litt wrote: On Sun, 1 Sep 2013 08:29:23 +0200 Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: snip It sounds as if Lyx/LaTeX has a higher learning curve than I was hoping for. But it intrigues me. :-) I've got some simple help documents I want to create, and I want

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-01 Thread Alan L Tyree
Ken Springer writes: On 9/1/13 11:06 AM, Steve Litt wrote: On Sun, 1 Sep 2013 08:29:23 +0200 Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: snip It sounds as if Lyx/LaTeX has a higher learning curve than I was hoping for. But it intrigues me. :-) I've got some simple help documents I

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-01 Thread Josh Hieronymus
On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 1:02 AM, Alan L Tyree alanty...@gmail.com wrote: Ken Springer writes: On 9/1/13 11:06 AM, Steve Litt wrote: On Sun, 1 Sep 2013 08:29:23 +0200 Liviu Andronic landronim...@gmail.com wrote: snip It sounds as if Lyx/LaTeX has a higher learning curve than I was

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-01 Thread Gordon Cooper
On 02/09/13 17:02, Alan L Tyree wrote: You can become productive with LyX*very* quickly without knowing anything about LaTeX. Agreed! I wish that Lyx had been available back in the 1960's when we had to produce a heap of technical training manuals - very quickly. Gordon Tauranga N.Z.

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-01 Thread Liviu Andronic
On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 5:10 AM, Ken Springer wrote: > If I'm going to try out LyX in the end, would it be of any value to me to do > a little experimenting with LaTeX and Tex first, or just jump in the pool? > LyX strives to offer an authoring environment that requires no (or

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-01 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 1 Sep 2013 08:29:23 +0200 Liviu Andronic wrote: > On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 5:10 AM, Ken Springer wrote: > > If I'm going to try out LyX in the end, would it be of any value to > > me to do a little experimenting with LaTeX and Tex first, or just >

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-01 Thread John Kane
Springer <snowsh...@q.com> To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 11:10:54 PM Subject: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX First, another thanks for all the replies to my thread about using LyX as a word processor. In reading some of those replies, I'm left wondering

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-01 Thread Ken Springer
On 9/1/13 11:06 AM, Steve Litt wrote: On Sun, 1 Sep 2013 08:29:23 +0200 Liviu Andronic wrote: It sounds as if Lyx/LaTeX has a higher learning curve than I was hoping for. But it intrigues me. :-) I've got some simple help documents I want to create, and I want

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-01 Thread Alan L Tyree
Ken Springer writes: > On 9/1/13 11:06 AM, Steve Litt wrote: >> On Sun, 1 Sep 2013 08:29:23 +0200 >> Liviu Andronic wrote: > > > > It sounds as if Lyx/LaTeX has a higher learning curve than I was hoping for. > > But it intrigues me. :-) I've got some simple help

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-01 Thread Josh Hieronymus
On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 1:02 AM, Alan L Tyree wrote: > > Ken Springer writes: > > > On 9/1/13 11:06 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > >> On Sun, 1 Sep 2013 08:29:23 +0200 > >> Liviu Andronic wrote: > > > > > > > > It sounds as if Lyx/LaTeX has a higher

Re: Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-09-01 Thread Gordon Cooper
On 02/09/13 17:02, Alan L Tyree wrote: You can become productive with LyX*very* quickly without knowing anything about LaTeX. Agreed! I wish that Lyx had been available back in the 1960's when we had to produce a heap of technical training manuals - very quickly. Gordon Tauranga N.Z.

Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-08-31 Thread Ken Springer
First, another thanks for all the replies to my thread about using LyX as a word processor. In reading some of those replies, I'm left wondering a bit about LyX and LaTeX and their relationship. As well as TeX, for that matter. When I was really into learning a bit about desktop publishing,

Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-08-31 Thread Ken Springer
First, another thanks for all the replies to my thread about using LyX as a word processor. In reading some of those replies, I'm left wondering a bit about LyX and LaTeX and their relationship. As well as TeX, for that matter. When I was really into learning a bit about desktop publishing,

Question #3: LyX and LaTeX and TeX

2013-08-31 Thread Ken Springer
First, another thanks for all the replies to my thread about using LyX as a word processor. In reading some of those replies, I'm left wondering a bit about LyX and LaTeX and their relationship. As well as TeX, for that matter. When I was really into learning a bit about desktop publishing,