Thank you Paul, people in the mailing list (including you, of course) are really helpful. I appreciate it. I also know and acknowledge that this is a big plus. Regards, Nusret
--- Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/14/05, Nusret BALCI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > I know Scientific workplace from my MS thesis: > It's > > reasonably well, but sometimes you need to tweak > the > > Latex code anyway. For some reason you should be > > extremely careful doing that, because it tried to > eat > > my document a couple of times when I was trying to > > write the abstract and bibliography. Thanks God I > had > > multiple backups :). It sometimes does not > cooperate > > well with other editors, and I guess that's the > reason > > for incompatibility. You're right in that, it's > not > > very reliable for sharing documents (at least I > feel > > so). > > This is true even when you save the file as > portable > > LaTeX and avoid all those TCI macros. Anyway, it's > in > > fact a good piece of software, but if someone > requests > > hundreds of dollars for something, they should be > > ready for all kinds of moaning and whining (like > mine > > :)). And to be fair I used it a couple of years > ago, > > so probably newer versions may be more robust. > > > > I don't know if you mean that, but I tried to set > up > > emacs and auctex with preview mode but for some > reason > > emacs keeps freezing and crushing on my machine: > I'm > > not a big fan of it anyways:). Therefore I > couldn't > > get to the preview mode at all:). Searching for a > > solution, I've seen an article on the web which > > mentioned LyX in just one line (it was about Vim > vs. > > Emacs; namely something alien for a Windows user > like > > me:) > > > > LyX fares well as the time being though, and I'm > > fairly impressed. > > Nusret, > > I was an user of Scientific WorkPlace, and I was > extremely hesitant > before migrating to LyX. Now, using LyX, I can tell > you that I feel as > having done the best choice. In short, LyX is an > intelligent program > made by intelligent people. Welcome to LyX and to > this very helpful > mailing list! > > Paul > __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com