On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 12:00:20PM -0400, Paul A. Rubin wrote: > Michael Wojcik wrote: > >Paul A. Rubin wrote: > > > >>> > >>Can anyone summarize pros/cons of the various options listed in this > >>thread? You're all using (and most are actively developing) LyX, so I > >>assume you see some advantages to LyX, right? > > > > > >[This is late, but Paul's query doesn't seem to have garnered much > >response.] > > > >One LyX advantage: it isn't WYSIWYG. I'm happy to argue that separating > >content and presentation is the right way to go, and that WYSIWYG has > >done tremendous damage to writing. (Yes, some of my friends at MSU's > >WIDE (Writing in Digital Environments) center might disagree with that, > >but if we all agreed on everything we wouldn't have much to talk about > >at parties.) > > > Thanks for the reply. I'm inclined to view WYSIWYG as an enabler of bad > writing more than a cause. In any case, my writing is invariably of the > highest quality :-), and I like to see how the final version looks at > least periodically, especially when I'm embedding figures or tables. > > That said, I'm certainly comfortable working in a WYSIWYM environment, > and I'm not willing to tolerate delays in display updates as I type. So > LyX continues to look pretty good. > > Paul
I'll admit to being lazy. I don't use Word unless it's an emergency at work, so I can't comment on the other side of things for myself. I know only that LyX's output is so superior to anything I've seen put out by Word that I gloat silently to myself when we compare syllabi at school, etc. ;-) Despite the times when I have to finagle the output based on undesirable spacing between text and figures (as an example), I basically trust the program and the underlying LaTeX. I often need to check the output when I do want a certain layout, such as not having exam questions flow between pages, but that is easy to do. I simply view the document (ctrl-T) and leave gv open, then later update with ctrl-shift-T. I have gv set up to automatically update itself. My output is thereby refreshed with only the ctrl-shift-T. Also, my gui is set up so a window becomes active when the mouse is over it, wihtout clicking. I can page through gv this way without having it raise up above LyX if they overlap. Kenward -- In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be _teachers_ and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could have. - Lee Iacocca
