On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:17 PM, Uwe Stöhr <uwesto...@web.de> wrote: > Am 13.02.2012 15:28, schrieb stefano franchi: > I don't agree, LyX is designed that you don't need to learn LaTeX and that > is why I designed the thesis template. You see there that you cann do almost > all you need the LyX way. For very special things I wrote LyX's > EmbeddedObjects manual. So in case you have troubles you should find always > a quick answer in the LyX manuals. The only thing one needs to learn is to > concentrate o writing the text and not to look frequently how it will look. > The typical beginner's mistake is to try to fine-tune everything at the > beginning also if not even the first chapter is ready. The final formatting > can be changed at every time easily for the whole document. > (When you publish a book you have anyway to fulfill the publisher's > guidelines. In most cases the publisher will do the final layout for you, if > you like this or not.)
Well, that's exactly the issue. IF your publisher does the typesetting, THEN you can forget about LaTeX. What happens more and more frequently, though, is that your publisher will give you a set of guidelines set up for Microsoft Word and will want a pdf back. At that point getting to know LaTex is inevitable. I do agree with you, Uwe: concentrate on writing, not on typesetting. However, know your typesetting fate before you start to write and choose the right options (including whther to buy a LaTeX book or not)---it will make everything simpler later on. Cheers, Stefano > > regards Uwe -- __________________________________________________ Stefano Franchi Associate Research Professor Department of Hispanic Studies Ph: +1 (979) 845-2125 Texas A&M University Fax: +1 (979) 845-6421 College Station, Texas, USA stef...@tamu.edu http://stefano.cleinias.org
