On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 13:43:19 +0200 Helge Hafting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Peter Rockett wrote: > [...] > > So is there any fundamental reason why Yap, say, couldn't be turned > > into a word processor... other then the obvious one of the effort > > involved? Just wondering because Latex is a significant learning curve > > and the tools are really rather rudimentary. WYSIWYG DTP programs exist! > > Lyx also aims to be _fast_. Lyx on an ancient computer still let you edit > effortlessly, with snappy writing and scrolling. Try that with those > other DTP > programs. You may have a big computer - some people doesn't. Final output > will be slow of course, but not the writing process! > Actually I believe that it is partially possible. Have a look at the whizzytex package for emacs. It shows a DVI window that follows your text to show an (almost) realtime rendition of the text. http://pauillac.inria.fr/whizzytex/index.html > > Helge Hafting > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System at the Tel-Aviv University CC.
