Re: [sheflug] LyX users?

["Marcus D. Hanwell" <linux [at] xxxxxxxxx>]

Lesley Binks wrote:
> 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.
> 
I have to agree with Lesley - LaTeX is the way to go. Having said that a 
friend of mine used LyX in his final year at university and produced 
some nice reports with it. I would recommend Kile for editing LaTeX 
documents but as far as I could remember you used LaTeX style files to 
make new templates, but I only ever really used it to help my friend - I 
prefer editing the LaTeX myself and use it to author papers, reports, my 
thesis, A0 posters and LaTeX beamer presentations (one I gave for 
ShefLUG previously was in beamer).

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