Coincidently I discussed this just a couple of days ago:
http://yihui.name/en/2012/10/lyx-vs-latex/
LyX is absolutely a big time-saver. My productivity was boosted by
300% after using raw LaTeX for 5 years, since I would never be lost in
nested itemized environments, or math equations, or
(sub){0,2}sections, or \includegraphics{}. Everything is so clear.
Regards,
Yihui
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Department of Statistics, Iowa State University
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On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 1:29 PM, VA <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I use Win7 with both LyX and TeXStudio.
>
> The purist in me likes working with the source code of TeXStudio as it
> provides a high level of precise control over the document. But, I really,
> REALLY, prefer the WYSIWYM interface of LyX. I do a lot of outlining with
> the enumerate environment, and doing it visually with the LyX interface,
> using the <tab> key to move from one level to the next is as easy as pie.
> With the pure LaTeX code, I get lost in the different outline levels within
> the document and often forget to put in an "\end{enumerate}" somewhere. LyX
> handles that for me.
>
> LyX insulates me from a lot of LaTeX source code. That said, I still put a
> lot of stuff into the preamble through the "document/settings" menu option.
>
> Without LyX, I would have never had the patience to try to learn LaTeX. LyX
> has provided the training wheels that allowed me to venture into the
> typesetting world.
>
> Virgil
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Richard Heck
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 1:40 PM
> To: Thomas Johansson
> Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org ; Thomas Ernst
> Subject: Re: Lyx vs Kile
>
> On 11/05/2012 12:15 PM, Thomas Johansson wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>> My name is Thomas, im helping a friend whos isn't particuarly home with
>> computers even though he uses Mathematica and Kile on a Linux CentOS system
>> to produce mathematical reports. He has some thoughts on moving to Win7
>> environment but he has concerns regarding the WYSIWYM editor, because he is
>> used to struggle with the source based stuff :-)
>> So i short, are the any big differences regarding the potential output
>> and/or limitations connected to the use of Lyx compared to for example the
>> Kile editor?
>>
> In principle, you can do anything in LyX you can do in Kile, because you
> can enter raw LaTeX into LyX if you wish. But that's not really the
> point of LyX. Rather, this is:
>
>> How much time is it possible to save if the normal state of things is
>> struggling with formatting, commands etc in the source based stuff?
>>
> Tons. The whole idea is to hide the details of LaTeX from the user, so
> that LyX works more like a traditional "word processor", though it's
> also different in lots of other ways.
>
> Richard
>
