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
> 



                
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