Re: [sheflug] LyX users?

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

Alex Hudson wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 08:44 +0100, Lesley Binks wrote:
>> And it can depend on what you mean by a template.  I imagine you have 
>> some information that you want to have presented in a regular format. 
>> Decide what that format is and then look at the packages and styles you 
>> have available under LaTeX or LyX.
> 
> Well, from what I understand it works like this:
> 
>       * LaTeX classes are used to drive the output through TeX,
>       * LyX layouts are used to present the LaTeX styles in LyX and make
>         them available.
> 
> So really, it seems like the LaTeX class is the most important bit in
> terms of governing the output: in fact, you can use LyX to edit a
> document without the LaTex class even being available, so long as you
> don't try to export it ;)
> 
> I get the impression writing LaTeX classes is pretty tough though, to
> the extend I'd have to read a book or something. The documentation
> online seems pretty woeful, tbh.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Alex.

Well there are some good books out there and it is helpful to have one 
or two of them to help you understand LaTeX as well as writing classes, 
styles and packages.  But these are skills that require some time 
investment to acquire.

If picking up a book is an anathema to you and you don't have the budget 
to farm the work out on the platform you require then you should look at 
Open Office Writer.  It's a 'Word clone' to coin a phrase but it will do 
the job every bit as well as Word can.   But nowhere near as well as 
LaTeX or LyX can.

Regards

Lesley

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