On Wed, 28 Feb 2007, Alan L Tyree wrote: > On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 11:11:57 +1100 > > Joseph Goncalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, Russell Davie wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > > > > Kile is a more user-friendly KDE-based TeX/LaTeX editor: > > > > http://kile.sourceforge.net/ > > > > > > > > KBibTeX specifically targets the bibliography features of > > > > LaTeX: http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=27421 > > > > > > More user friendly? > > > How so if Kile requires the user to learn LaTeX markup language > > > before they can produce a document? LyX enables a user to produce > > > a document without having to learn LaTeX. This is avoids the > > > significant and extra LaTeX learning curve. > > > > LaTeX markup language is really easy to use, but when it comes to > > changing the default layout, it gets complicated. LaTeX markup is > > far superior when you have repetitive patterns that you need to > > use. Personally I use latex-suite in vim than the GUI based Kile. > > And VIM has a far steeper learning curve than LaTeX. But like > > learning to Touch Type, the learning curve of Vim is well worth it. > > This is true, but in my experience it is not always on the point. > Some people are simply put off by having the markup visible on > screen. I don't know why this is so, but I have seen it in > experienced as well as inexperienced users. There is something about > having a footnote in the middle of a paragraph that freaks them out.
True... LaTeX editing is a paradigm shift that may be too great for some people. Fair enough. This is where LyX is great alternative because it is a WYSIWYG editor that works with a simple but effective text file format that is human editable. > > Cheers, > Alan > > > If you have a aptitude for programming then definitely learn LaTeX. > > Here is a link to a really good LaTeX FAQ that teaches you to do > > stuff that will be hard to find otherwise... > > http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html > > > > -- > > Joseph Goncalves > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 66D6 71CF 87F9 6B17 6824 C692 9FF0 1DAF 7DAE E661 > > > > -- > > It is said that the Fremen has no conscience, having lost it in a > > burning > > desire for revenge. This is foolish. Only the rawest primitive > > and the sociopath have no conscience. The Fremen possesses a > > highly evolved worldview > > centered on the welfare of his people. His sense of belonging to > > the community > > is almost stronger than his sense of self. It is only to outsiders > > that these > > desert dwellers seem brutish . . . just as outsiders appear to > > them. > > > > -- PARDOT KYNES, The People of Arrakis > > -- > Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan > Tel: +61 2 4782 2670 Mobile: +61 427 486 206 > Fax: +61 2 4782 7092 FWD: 615662 -- Joseph Goncalves mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 66D6 71CF 87F9 6B17 6824 C692 9FF0 1DAF 7DAE E661 -- Tonight's special, blackened leftovers
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