>> <notes that you can less a LaTeX file and actually understand it>
>
> I hope this stands true even for those with less brains than you. 
> (read:
> someone like me). ;)

Of course. ;) Well, at least the documents for typesetting, and not 
LaTeX templates. You'll just see text with some RTF-style or tags that 
format the document, but all in all its legible. I think Horatio even 
has a "formatting" standard -- complete with comments and all!

>> <notes that you don't even usually need to convert a LaTeX file into
>> dvi or pdf form in order to read it>
>
> Would you have any good TeX tutorial documents to recommend? I'd like 
> to
> see how I progress shifting to this from working on project
> documentation in OpenOffice. Maybe I should reinstall LyX as well ...

I've tried TeX once -- found it a bit too... well, let's just say it 
wasn't as smooth riding as LaTex. LyX is fun! I first thought it got in 
my way, but later on found out it offered a LOT of flexibility. There 
are still times when I pop into vim to do some stuff, but LyX in 
general is great. It even has a visual Math equation editor, which I 
find better than MS Office's Equation Editor. Its truly a professional 
typesetting program. :)

LyX uses its own document format, but it is possible to export the 
document to standard TeX/LaTeX/DVI/PDF/XML/HTML.

>> All hail Knuth. =)

Right on!

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Gino LV. Ledesma
Campus Network Group
Ateneo de Manila University
http://cng.ateneo.net/

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