On Monday, December 26, 2011 11:25:13 AM you wrote: > On Dec 26, 2011, at 6:18 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > > LyX is my writing tool, Vim is one of my diagnostic tools for LyX > > problems. > > Thanks, Steve. As you know, I'm a newcomer to Vim, but I try to, I > want to, use it for as many things as I can. I gather there are > plugins that highlight LaTeX syntax and provide for publishing the > way LyX and TeXShop do. I'm going with LyX as a way to reduce the > challenge of working with LaTeX--though I find the challenge of > LyX significant in its own right. > > I compose in Scrivener, which is handy because it can compile to > LaTeX. [Or should I say TeX?] My challenge with LyX, with which > I'm getting help here, is standardizing formatting of documents > that are imported rather than composed in LyX.
Hi Eric, I go the other way around. I compose everything (except presentations, which I just do Vim/Beamer) in LyX. I use LyX to compose for exactly one reason: 1) Speed 2) Stability That's right, I can't count. That's why I need a foolproof, fast and easy way to get info from my brain to a file, and when I look up "foolproof, fast and easy way to get info from my brain to a file" in a dictionary, it says "synonym, LyX". If you need to pound out 2500 words of content a day, IMHO you need LyX, not some editor that makes you input codes or tags. I always knew this, but never truly understood it until I started writing Kindle books in LyX. LyX is so darn fast to compose with. Just like VO is a lightning fast outliner, LyX is a lightning fast text composer. SteveT Steve Litt Author: The Key to Everyday Excellence http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/key_excellence.htm Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/stevelitt
