Re: OT I just discovered texmacs; wow!
At Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:32:50 -0200,
Rogério Brito wrote:
>
> On Jan 19 2005, Micha Feigin wrote:
> > For most things lyx can make latex even simpler. Its what you would call
> > a = what you see is almost what you get editor front end to latex (looks
> > a bit like = word, but the final output is processed through latex).
>
> >From what I understand about lyx, I think that it is not for me. I got the
> impression that it generates the LaTeX code as you type and I prefer to
> live at a slightly lower level.
>
> I have my own package file with tweaks to the documents that I generate and
> that abstract those operations whenever I need those. I want to see exactly
> how the code generate is and I regard the texts that I type as programs and
> I want to use good indentation practices, good abstraction (via new
> environments and/or macros) and I got the impression that lyx woun't help
> me with that.
>
> Is my impression correct?
>
Mostly but not entirely. Lyx works internally with its own format and exports to
latex only when you want to create dvi/ps/pdf or export to a latex file. The
latex files that it creates are hard to work with though.
Its purpose is to hide the underlying latex. It helps me mostly with math.
You can on the other hand embed latex commands into the lyx document, play with
the preamble and even create your own document types to add environments and
manage hot keys etc. Its very configurable but it depends on your preferences how
it suits you. It does separate the writing to a more document writing approach
rather then coding and the coding to setting up your special environments
without reference to the document.
> BTW, I also use RCS with my documents. I'll soon be using subversion, as
> soon as I see how to set up a basic local repository and hook things up in
> Emacs.
>
>
> Thanks for your comments, Rogério.
>
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