Le Mercredi 5 Septembre 2001 02:30, vous avez �crit :
> This opens up a question: if you leave alone the fact that lyx is free..
> and that the underlying latex is supposely bug free. why features does lyx
> offer that word doesnt? (the contrary isnt really to be asked :) ) . I
> mean.. all the manual is boasting about has (internal references, footnotes
> etc etc.. ) are all things that have existed for at least 5 years in Word,
> and the equation editor its the same (if not plain better) than the one
> offered in Lyx.
For me the main difference is the wysiwym approach of LyX, when I used word I
spended lots of time at changing some font size, modifying the tabbing, etc
to make it look better, now with LyX I write my text then compile it and the
predefined look of LaTeX make my doc look quite better than I would have did
it myself.
The other main advantage for me is that LyX is some kind of LaTeX front-end
and one can use plain LaTeX (or even TeX for the most advanced) commands in
the document wich have frequently allowed me to do thing that would have been
a pain with a wysiwyg wordprocessor.
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