LyX is a graphical front end for the unix LaTeX typesetting (Mark up) software system. Great for writing dissertations, or encyclopedias. Basically you set up a profile and then just write. It does all the formatting automatically. (What You Get is What You Want) rather than (What You See is What You Get). Unfortunately development seems to have died.
The original unix philosophy was to use a whole bunch of interconnected pieces of simple software. Makes for easy debugging, and upgrading. Not great for locking in high end big spending customers however.
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Keith Whaley wrote:
Graywolf wrote:
emacs, the "original" bloated does everything you don't want it to do software.
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vi, the perfect editor for use with teletype terminals.
What's VI? Verb intrasigent?
Word, version 6 was great, so they changed it. That is the MS way.
Word 5.1a was much better. I finally copied it and kept it for all time...
lyx, this makes sense, so nobody uses it.
Lyx. Hmmm. No bells go off. Google says: " LyX is the first WYSIWYM document processor." What's M? Must be Mac.
I did some other reading on that site, and it's a bit too cumbersome. Apparently you have to have this and that program to use it, etc. Little building blocks.
Oh well.
keith
Edit Pad Lite, I use it.
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