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'

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