Paradoxically, Lamport is currently working at M$... look at: http://research.microsoft.com/users/lamport/
2008/3/26, Rich Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Wed, 26 Mar 2008, William R. Buckley wrote: > > LyX/LaTeX are not WYSIWYM because it makes decisions about where I want > > text and graphics to be. Well, let me put this claim under suspension, > > while I test the various alternative *frame* mechanisms that have been > > suggested by others. > > > > You can write your own class or style that overrides and changes the > defaults. That's what many publishers (e.g., Spriger-Verlag's monoclass, > and > the theses classes of many universities) do. Make the output _exactly_ how > you want it, then you'll have consistent results from document to document > and you won't have to think about it again. > > One point of decorum, please, do not confuse Ventura Publisher with the > > limitations associated with brochures and pamphlets. VP is first and > > foremost intended for the production of large volumes, including > > multi-volume books. It is a dream tool for those who edit and publish > > collections of essays. To boot, it will handle a publication of many > > thousands of pages, all while allowing you to adjust the position of a > > period at the end of a particular sentence. It you want, it will layout > > the text for you. If you want, it will let you layout the text with the > > finest degree of control. That choice is yours. > > > > On the other hand, TeX was invented by Don Knuth because in the 1970s and > 1980s there were no satisfactory tools to typeset mathematical formulae > and > symbols well. From what I've heard and read, Word and PowerPoint slavishly > adhere to this practice. So, TeX was designed as a book typesetting > system. > The next year, Leslie Lamport brought it from the level of assembly > language > to that of C by providing the LaTeX macro system. LyX adds a GUI front > end; > I suppose to finish the programming language analogy it's not like Visual > Cobol, but more like an IDE (java beans, perhaps?) > > Perhaps I express naïveté but, why does every .lyx document contain only > > one LaTeX file? Would it not make sense for *box* and its kind to > > contain > > separately TeXable source? LyX could then at a higher level piece a > > document together, page by page, outputting the image to a PDF, or what > > have you? > > > > Probably for the same reason that those who process words write separate > documents (e.g., chapters) then assemble them into a whole by using a > master > document. > > Rich > > -- > Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | Integrity > Credibility > Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. | Innovation > <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: > 503-667-8863 > -- Manveru jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] gg: 1624001 http://www.manveru.pl
