On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:58:49 -0800 Came this utterance fomulated by NoOp to my mailbox:
> You mentioned that you primarily use LaTex -- for some reason, in > nearly 20 years of word processor uses I've never figured out LaTex et > al. I've searched for GUI interfaces, I've tried to create documents, > and in each and every case I've failed. I suspect that it's because > I've not ever had to create a 'Tex' document in an academic > environment before, but for some reason I still can't figure out how > to create even the most simple of LaTex documents. I wonder how a MS > Office (Word) user or creator of a technical could do the same? LyX http://www.lyx.org/ You set up your styles, then you type "What You Mean" as opposed to "What You Get". It is semantic in nature and you actually use a seperate utility to preview what the final copy will look like before output. It has been a while since i played with it. It does have a really good tutorial that leads you into it in steps. Average Joe hates it because he doesn't get to fiddle it to look just-so, but must just write. Many old school tech writers swear by it. Footnotes appear inline and collapsible IIRC. Windows, Linux or OS X. -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
