Scott Kostyshak wrote: > On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 12:36 PM, David L. Johnson > <david.john...@lehigh.edu> wrote: >> On 03/20/2013 11:43 AM, Alex Vergara Gil wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> I would really love to be able to conveniently edit the TeX code directly >>>> - I'd >>>> be vastly more productive. I find lyx gui editing - as all other math >>>> editors - >>>> to be terribly frustrating and unproductive. I used LaTeX since 1980s, >>>> and the >>>> lack of this is the only thing that makes me think twice before deciding >>>> to use >>>> LyX instead of just using LaTeX. >> >> I do understand this tendency, since I also came to LyX with a TeX >> background. Way back when LyX was young, Matthais set up the math-insets >> the way you would want them, and math was just written in what we now call >> ERT (Evil Red Text, a TeX inset. It's evil mostly because you have the >> usual problems that if your code is wrong, it won't produce any output and >> TeX will yell at you.). You can still do that if you want. Use a TeX inset >> rather than a math one, and it will work. > > Another way to scratch your (La)TeX itch is to use LyX's layouts. You > can make your own environments and insets and you define the LaTeX > that is behind all of those. For my use, I've found that if there's a > customization that I just want once, ERT is great. If I find myself > doing something many times, I am starting to consider making a module > or adding to my local layout. See the customization manual for > information on these options. > > Scott
My usual route is to \C-m, start entering (maybe using \tex stuff, very nice). Problem arises if I made a mistake and then need to edit. Then selecting and modifying via the gui is tedious and I usually wind up erasing accidentally large parts, and basically starting over. This is where editing the underlying TeX would save trouble.
