Re: Choose between TeXmacs and Auctex
A Dimarts 22 Abril 2008, Gary Pajer va escriure:
> On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Hero_xbd!.RRR <heroxbd@sohu.com> wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I am an undergraduate major in natural science. I am choosing a
> > scientific paper editor for my remaining lifetime.
> > Recently I find it hard to decide between TeXmacs and Auctex.
> > I hope to have some advice from you gurus on the list.
> >
> > For Auctex,
> >
> > 1. I live in Emacs, so Auctex is natural. Opening new TeXmacs window
> > is a bother.
> > 2. In Auctex, I can fine tune everything in LaTeX. While in TeXmacs,
> > sometimes things go weird and hard to correct.
> > 3. Auctex is fast, and is able to run on OLPC-XO -- I have the
> > potential to use it everywhere. TeXmacs is too slow.
> >
> > For TeXmacs,
> >
> > 1. Formula editing is very efficient, I can even carry out my
> > deduction lively (and embedding CAS session, e.g. maxima). While
> > Auctex, even with preview, edits and prints formula in raw LaTeX.
> > It can be a nightmare deducing equations without a pencil on
> > Auctex -- and I am forced to interpret my reasoning into LaTeX.
> > 2. Figure embedding is more friendly. With Auctex, my figure fly up
> > and down wildly -- maybe I am not familiar enough with raw LaTeX.
> >
> > Hmmm. Maybe there should be a way to call a embedded TeXmacs instance
> > fromwithin Auctex just to edit formulae and import figures.
> >
> > If I am ignorant to some good ways to do things well. Please do point
> > them out.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
>
> I'm no guru (and perhaps you should ask from advice from real users, not
> gurus). I use xemacs/aucTeX, but from time to time I ask myself the same
> question that you ask. I use TeXmacs for a while, but I never feel
> comfortable with it, and I return to AucTeX.
>
> Lately I've been exploring LyX seriously. I'm finding that Lyx is an
> excellent choice for most purposes. (It gives me trouble with tables,
> but that might be because I'm still learning.) The biggest problem for
> me with LyX is that it doesn't have the emacs key bindings, and my
> fingers know them quite well by now.
>
> But the decision is very personal. There are lots of solutions, and
> each one is loved by someone somewhere.
>
I prefer kile and not LyX. It's better to write in "pure" LateX than pseudo as
LyX, IMHO.
Leo
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