On Monday 31 March 2008 01:07:40 pm Rex C. Eastbourne wrote: > Hello all, > > For those who haven't seen it, the new LyX website is now at: > http://www.lyx.org/test/index.php/Main/HomePage > > We're still doing some design work, but the basics are in place. What do > you all think?
Just one carping criticism: I don't think the 2nd par is punchy enough and doesn't do justice to how brilliant LyX is. You have: LyX combines the power and flexibility of the TeX typesetting system with the ease of use of a graphical interface. This results in world-class support for creation of mathematical content and structured documents. In addition, staples of scientific authoring such as reference list and index creation come standard. But you can also use LyX to create a letter or a novel or a theatre play or film script. A broad array of ready, well designed document layouts are built in. > I'd prefer something like this: Achieve effortless superiority in document production! Without learning any special language or code, just type your content into a Graphic front end and the superb TeX typesetting system will give you beautifully presented documents laid out to professional standards developed over the centuries. Mathematics, academic stuff like reference lists and indexes, tables of contents - all available with mouse clicks (or quick keys if you want to learn them). It's just a mouse click to generate a Table of Contents (LyX looks after the page numbering for you). You choose from pick lists the type of document you want: letter, book, report, theatre play, film script etc. LyX accepts your content and sends it to TeX to be typeset appropriately for your chosen format. For the TeX (or LaTeX) expert you can still indulge your love of (or need for) the arcana of the TeX language and LaTeX macros for special effects and tinkering via LyX's Evil Red TeX (ERT) dialogue box. John O'Gorman > Rex
