Not sure if TeXmacs has been mentioned, but its basically in the same vein as Lyx, except better in some aspects. The main difference is that TeXmacs isn't exactly just a GUI ontop of LaTeX -- it uses its own format and commands (which are quite similar to LaTeX), however it recognizes LaTeX commands. If you know LaTeX you can construct documents very efficiently in TeXmacs, especially very efficient typing of equations and such.. better than just using a place text file (you'll have to try it out to really see why). The big issue though, is that for a complicated document you will probably have to export to LaTeX and tweak some thigs. But its exportation to LaTeX is by no means perfect, so there are a few issues there. Nevertheless the efficiency with which you can type mathematics in it is unsurpassed. Has a lot of potential.
-Beren On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 11:29:20AM +1100, 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. > > 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 > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
