Hi folks,
I come from a purely humanities background, and the interesting thing
about what has been said here is that, the more I use lyx, the more I
realise that I need to know tex/latex.
For that reason I am now patiently going through beginners latex
books,
using gedit- I am not yet ready to face emacs+auctex. (I use emacs only
for the most basic of editing when X won't behave and I need to use a
console to fix it).
This list and the issues discussed on it have brought me to the
realisation that I actually need to learn latex in order to make the
best use of lyx. Per haps I may eventually cease using lyx, but I doubt
it: lyx has replaced all "normal" word processors in my life: the
quality of it's output on the printed page, and in other formats, is
infinitely superior to any other writing tool I have used. Knowing latex
more deeply can only improve my use of it. :-)
Generally, a big thank you to everyone on this list, because
just reading through your comments is an invaluable learning experience
for me. And, of course, to the lyx developers, latex authors, Donald
Knuth,and is there anyone I have forgotten? (Of course there is!)
Cheers
Bruce
On Wed, 2006-02-08 at 09:27 +0000, Eric S Fraga wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 09:51:26AM -0500, Dimitrios Diamantaras wrote:
> > [...] In fact I am liking the
> > Emacs-AUCTeX-preview-latex combination so much that I have been working
> > on it exclusively lately, even though about a year ago I thought I would
> > never need anything but Lyx (I am a LaTeX user for many years, though,
> > and know quite a few of the commands I need---Lyx is perfect for those
> > who don't).
>
> Thanks for saying this. I had been feeling, in a funny kind of way, guilty
> because I've also been using Emacs et al. almost exclusively for a while now
> despite being a long time LyX user (but a longer time LaTeX user, I must
> admit). What's done it for me, at the moment, is reftex which provides an
> easier interface to references for somebody like me that does not like using
> the mouse.
>
> But I still think LyX is absolutely fantastic and it's my first port-of-call
> when I can't remember how to do something in LaTeX!!
>
> cheers,
> eric
