Hello all,
I am totally agree to John's statement (although not being a
professional software developer! :-) ). Hopefully no ones basic
motivation has been serioussly damaged by this little crappy thread
before!
All the best from an (almost) totally satified user
Thomas
John O'Gorman wrote:
>
> Please all you developers of LyX (regardless of how it is pronounced)
> don't be discouraged by the complaint replied to below.
>
> I regard LyX as the best piece of software ever!
>
> For me it has changed writing documentation (the task I used to hate
> most) into a joy. I can produce high quality, superb looking books
> at lightning speed with no thought for anything but the content.
>
> It works the way I believe document processors should - you simply
> write (marking up the logical divisions of the text appropriately)
> and the software does all the rest.
> No fussing over fonts, sizes, layout, hyphenation. Production of Tables
> of contents, automatic (re)numbering of sections etc. all come with no
> effort by the author.
>
> Another bonus is its superb output of which I feel (quite unjustifiably)
> proud. This, of course, is the work of LaTeX rather than LyX.
>
> But LyX has eliminated the need for learning LaTeX, the need to have
> good aesthetic judgment, and the need for any typsetting skill or
> judgement.
>
> Please! Please keep up the good work.
> Most of us know that you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.
> So glitches in progress towards ultimate mirvana are inevitable.
> As a professional software developer, I appreciate the contribution
> you have made to my quality of life.
>
> Best wishes
>
> John O'Gorman
