Randy Kramer wrote: >Just a comment (without trying to start a flamewar) -- the key to using >a WYSIWYG word processor like Word is to learn to use styles. And, Word >will allow two spaces after punctuation ending a sentence (period, >question mark, explanation point), a trick that LyX, et.al., cannot >manange, AFAIK. > >Randy Kramer > >Robin Turner wrote: > >>On Wednesday 20 March 2002 22:09, civileme wrote: >> >>>Robin Turner wrote: >>> >>>If they accept postscript files, you might benefit by learning to use >>>LyX. Most who do or who learn LaTeX just don't return to standard >>>inflexible, do-everything-with-the-spacebar, WYSIWYG type of word >>>processor. >>> >>As a LyX fanatic, I was going to mention it, but Walter mentioned a brochure, >>which might require a lot of complex page-formatting. Sure, you can do that >>in LyX (people have used it for fanzines, for example) but you usually have >>to know a fair bit of LaTeX to get exactly the effect you want. Although I'm >>not keen on KWord, it does that kind of frame-based stuff pretty well. But >>for general-purpose writing, Civileme is absolutely right. On the occasions >>where I have to use "normal" word processors like Word or Starwriter, they >>drive me crazy now. >> > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Actually LyX will show you one spaceat the end of a sentence, but place two in the document, even if you type 100. It will offer you the help menu in a banner at the bottom of the screen when you type the second space, or try to do multiple carriage returns at the end of a paragraph. Still, mastering styles is exactly what you need to run LyX, and LyX offers styles the WYSIWYG editors don't have, like the List and Description environments. Of coursae, most folks will continue to try to use software as familiar as possible to what they learned on; hence my predilection to use emacs when others would serve better, and the fanaticism approaching jihad you run into in some circles when vi vs. emacs is discussed.
So use what you like. sdf is still a good collection of translation tools though they are already in CUPS, and a printer who won't accept postscript files is best avoided, because he isn't a real printer. Postscript is _the_ standard, and translating .ps to .pdf is pretty easy. Civileme
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