As other comments have highlighted, even though WYSIWYG word processors are generally cumbersome for writing, they can be subsequently useful for editing and for interoperability.
Some people need to get from LyX to Word. The core question seems to be whether to - write LyX directly to RTF, or - write to some other format that Word can import (or possibly to an intermediate format and then convert to RTF) I would hope to see LyX concentrate on export to OpenDocumentFormat, for several reasons 1. MS is developing supporting ODF import, so RTF will not be necessary to get into Word, and the Sun ODF Plug-in for Microsoft Word is already available 2. ODF realy is a *documented* format, while RTF is not quite 3. I think ODF will have many fewer limitations, at least soon (TM), than RTF Alan Isaac PS Is it possible that the ODF writer being developed for docutils lays some useful groundwork? Just guessing.
