On Tue, 1 Sep 2009, John Jason Jordan wrote: > I think of Lyx as a word processor on steroids - a word processor because > it is continuous text. In contrast Scribus is a design app where each page > is a discrete object and text is always in a frame, so it does not > automatically flow from page to page (unless you tell it to). Many > projects could be done in either one with equal facility; but the > fundamental concepts behind the way they work are completely different. In > my experience you like one or you like the other; few like them both.
I strongly disagree with your initial statement. LyX is a GUI front end to LaTeX which is a markup/macro language for the TeX typesetting engine. The focus is on text-centric documents, but tables and graphics are easily incorporated. The author does not need to futz with document or page layout; tracking styles for headings; hyphenation; cross-references; tables of contents, figures, and tables; or indices. Want to change from a report style to an article style? One change in the document setup dialog box and it's a completely different appearance. The writer focuses on content. Scribus is a great page layout application which is more graphic-oriented than text-oriented. Sure, you can write a book with it but that's not its forte. Brochures, magazines, newspapers, and the like which have layouts designed to grab attention are best created with scribus rather than a word processor or LaTeX. They are different tools for different purposes. There is a variety of vehicle types (sports cars, sedans, trucks of various sizes and purposes) each for a specific need. Document creation is equivalent. Given all that, I still don't like to use OO.o Writer, and anything with mathematics in it pales by comparison with the output from TeX. Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | Integrity Credibility Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. | Innovation <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
