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>>OK, LyX users, could you tell Mike why you are LyX users? ;)
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>>JMarc
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>>Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 20:16:02 +0200
>>Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: Feedback from www.lyx.org
>>FROM: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
>>Mike ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) entered the
>>following feedback message on the LyX home page:
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>>Some of the pictures (the bigger ones) you get when clicking on the thumbnails
in the graphical tour are broken.
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>>As someone who was force-fed MS Word and is trying the transition to Sun
StarOffice, why should I want LyX?
>>I've heard some people on BBS-es saying it's incredible/very good, but does it
do something better/easier?
>>Is it just for people needing an extensive amount of math-graphics/graphs?
Among others...
- no difference between the desired document structure and the
really printed stuff (i.e. a section title IS a section title, not
a set of local font, family, size, etc. settings); it is possible to use
styles in Word or StarOffice, but it is also possible not to do so;
- leave all the (section-like) style hacking to the local of foreign gurus;
- have a presentation layer (dvi, ps, pdf, html, etc.) highly customizable;
- ...
>>Would my grandma like it instead of Word? ("Damn, Word is always placing these
pictures where I didn't put them!")
Same questions with LyX/LaTeX, the difference is that you are able to know
how the placment algorithm works, and act in consequence...
--
Jean-Pierre
