On Mon, Jun 19, 2006 at 09:21:44AM -0400, Jeremy Wells wrote: > I suppose what I'm hoping for is someone to say 1) "no, you're wrong, > because..."; 2) "wait x number of years and we'll be there"; or 3) "if you > don't like coding, use a different tool."
It's not 1). Could be 2) for sufficiently large x. 3) might be a reasonable short-term solution if your thesis is due next week. > This whole thing is extremely frustrating as I can see the huge promise > that the LaTeX/Lyx system can offer, but it's awfully rough beneath the > surface. The problem is (as usual), limited development resources, and (rather unusual) the ability to split these limited resources into four(!) different frontends without doing a single one right (and recently also into three(!) different build systems). A lot of energy goes into areas related to re-inventing wheels and making development harder. It's sometimes easy to get frustrated even by watching from a distance, let alone from using it. Andre'
