Re: Lost Linux Software

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Lost Linux Software
Date	2022-12-31 22:29 +0100
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On 2022-12-31 20:23, Eli the Bearded wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.misc, Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>> I would use LyX.
>>
>> I have, in fact.
> 
> I did very seriously consider both troff and Latex but I'm not that
> great at either (better at troff, if only from man pages), and I
> couldn't find any ready made templates that suited the book I was
> making. Namely a volume of email correspondence, where I wanted each
> message to start as a new page, carry over to to additional pages as
> needed, and have chapters covering a month at a time with a table of
> contents automaticallly generated. Plus title page and related
> forematter formatted.
Well, LyX is different. I don't feel confortable with Latex. LyX is 
related to Latex, but hides it from view. What you view in the display 
is similar in format to the final result, so working with it is more 
comfortable to one used to office editors like me.

The thing is, with LyX one doesn't have to worry about the formatting, 
if, and this is a big if, you already have a style that fits what you 
want. If not, and you need a different template, or have to customize 
one, things become difficult.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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