Re: [arch-general] Reliable documents (was Re: RFC: OpenRC as init system for Arch)

2012/4/30 Rashif Ray Rahman :

On 30 April 2012 17:35, Lorenzo Bandieri wrote:

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2012/4/30 Kevin Chadwick :

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On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:30:23 +0200 Gour wrote:

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we did embrace LaTeX/LyX etc.

To get the benefit of your experience. Do you use Lyx as your editor or something else.

Sorry if I "jump in", but as a LaTeX user I usually suggest to stay away from Lyx. Basically it's an editor that attempt to make LaTeX work like Words, which IMHO it's not the best approach. I suggest to use an editor that doesn't try to hide how LaTeX works, and one of my favourite is TexMaker.

There is nothing wrong in using LyX. I don't know why you have that perception.

Probably because I used to edit LaTeX documents in a simple text editor from the beginning. I learned LaTeX that way, so I feel comfortable only when I can see and edit the "code". I gave it a chanche more than once, but everytime I tried to write something in LyX I felt extremely uneasy and it seemed it was standing in my way. Also, I don't like the fact that it saves the files in *.lyx. For the same reasons, I suggest those who want to use LaTeX to start by writing the code, learning the syntax, etc. Having learned myself that way, I find it the best way, I guess.

It helps when your writing is qualitative rather than quantitative (in which case LaTeX and a more involved process can be adopted).

It does not work "like Words", because it is very clear that it is _not_ WYSIWYG.

I partially disagree on this. LaTeX is not WYSIWYG, but LyX's environment IMHO is a pseudo-WYSIWYG frontend. Howerver, I acknowledge that in certain settings LyX can be useful; I just like to edit LaTeX source by hand. Regards Lorenzo -- "Imagine an idea that occupies your mind the way an army occupies a city."