Re: [sheflug] LyX users?

[Lesley Binks <lesley.binks [at] xxxxxxxxx>]

Alex Hudson wrote:
> So,
> 
> Does anyone here use LyX, and if so, do you create your own layouts?
> 
> Have you ever tried? Did you find it easy/hard, etc? Was there some
> guide you followed?
> 
> I'm hoping to get some technical authors to start using it, but the
> basic formatting isn't great, and setting up a layout is certainly
> beyond the means of the authors, it seems.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Alex.
> 
> 

I tried it once but never used it in anger.  Seemed easy enough to use. 
  I tend to use emacs to write LaTeX documents instead.

You might know this already - Lyx is based on LaTeX - or LyX is a 
wysiwyg GUI thing for LaTeX - take your pick.  I prefer the layout LaTeX 
gives documents but I have no clue how hard it is to make your own 
templates in LyX.

I have version 1.3.6 of LyX installed on SuSE 10.

LaTeX is my preferred document prep system.  Miles better tban the Word 
clones IMO and once your authors get used to it they will realise what 
they are missing out on.

Regards

Lesley








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