José Matos wrote:
> On Wednesday 04 May 2011 22:06:36 Enrico Forestieri wrote:
> > No doubt. However, one uses LyX instead of straight LaTeX because in LyX
> > there are so much buttons and menus to explore, while LaTeX would require
> > reading documentation. The same is true as regards autotools and cmake,
> > I think. So, even if LaTeX can let you do more powerful things, you prefer
> > using LyX...
>
> Not my reality. People who use latex also do not read the documentation and
> some of them still use latex 2.09, the situation can be so bad that when I
> propose any latex package that has less than 15 years old they say it is not
> stable. Hmmm? And each person uses a different set of aliases, thing like \be
> for \begin{equation} and similar. What about accents? Argh....
>
> So, no thanks, I prefer lyx any day to this cluttered mess that can be the
> latex use by everyday users.
lets face it, hard guys go with TeX only and LaTeX is just for bumble-bees
who don't care about stability.
pavel
