On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 3:31 PM, Steve Litt <[email protected]> wrote:
> A lot of you are able to instantly find LaTeX packages to solve random > problems. I can't do that and want to learn how. I know of the > existence of ctan.org just like everyone else, but there's something in > my mental makeup that's different from yours, and I want to adopt your > beliefs and your mindset in order to produce your results. > > I know to most of you this sounds trivial and self-explanatory, but to > me it's anything but, so please tell me your beliefs, mindset and > techniques as you search for a package to solve a specific problem. > > Thanks so much, > > SteveT Hi Steve, I don't think most people think that it's trivial or self-explanatory. You might think this because sometimes someone asks a question "how do I... ?" and the answer looks to be a simple "use package ..." but behind that simple answer the person might have spent a lot of time searching and experimenting. All this to say that I think it's a great question. It would be great if you started a wiki page on wiki.lyx.org and summarized everyone's answers. This way everyone can build on it in the future. Thanks, Scott
