Re: Thesis/Dissertation authoring application
On Sun, 24 Apr 2005, Bruno Hertz wrote:
> Rhys Hardwick <rhys@rhyshardwick.co.uk> writes:
>
> > Hey there everyone.
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone knew of a good open-source program for writing
> > Theses, Dissertations, Journal articles, etc. Open office, AbiWord etc are
> > all good word processors, but there must be a program that is specifically
> > for the porpus of writing these types of things.
> >
> > If anyone knows of anything like this, that would be fantastic!
>
> In academic circles it's common to use Tex/Latex. This is also the
> format required by most journals, if you plan to publish. A GUI
> frontend like lyx might help you to get started.
Boy, I wish that were true! Sadly most social science journals have never
heard of TeX/LaTeX and make me jump through hoops to submit.
ap
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