On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:05:46 -0800
Colin Williams <[email protected]> wrote:

> I haven't been able to keep up with the subject. It seems there is
> some division about how much latex knowledge is required to create a
> book that scales many platforms. 

If "how much LaTeX knowledge is needed for LyX" were the question asked
by a math exercise, then "how many styles do you need to add/change"
would be the "given" part of the exercise.

People who simply use their document class's styles and nothing more
need absolutely no LaTeX knowledge. People who add lots of styles and
extensively change the document class's styles need extensive LaTeX
knowledge. Those in between those extremes need moderate LaTeX
knowledge.


> If latex is required, then it's my
> opinion that lyx itself isn't quite ready for ebook publishing.

Why? If you already know LaTeX, or can reasonably learn it, why
penalize yourself by banning your own use of LyX? Personally, I think
people are a lot smarter than Gates, Balmer and Jobs tried to convince
us we were. Gates, Balmer and Jobs had a financial incentive to
convince us we're dumb, and hence their opinions aren't reliable.

> However, that does not mean I will not use it.

Excellent!

SteveT

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