Re: OT: Choice of OOo and LaTeX (Was: Tool for document management)
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Steve Lamb wrote:
> Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
>> I hope I didn't state that you are wrong, that's not my intention.
>
> By refuting my personal opinion so emphatically even if you haven't said
> the word the sentiment is clear.
>
>> - From my personal experience LaTeX *is the tool* when it comes to
>
> You personal experience is not *MY* personal experience.
True. But my personal experience includes quite a bit of work with word,
OOo *and* LaTeX.
[snip]
> But does not fit the requirement of easily converted to an acceptable
> format or being able to work visually with it. No, I am not counting LyX and
> the like because to suggest a WYSIWYG editor for LaTeX who's stringent
> proponents eschew WYSIWYG is to put oneself right back at the same level as
> any other tool.
LaTeX, especially without formulas or too complicated formatting, is
easily converted to many different acceptable formats: HTML, pdf, plain
text, etc. The route via HTML to OOo and .doc is straightforward for the
situation you describe.
[snip]
> Yeah, EMACS, not working for me. And as for "one less than OOo's CNTL-I"
> that depends, do you cound a chord as one keystroke or two? Most people don't
> count the chord for capitalization as two keystrokes. Is FIVE 8 keystrokes, 5
> keystrokes or 4 keystrokes? Chording is a part of typing, as any EMACS user
> is well aware. :P
I didn't want to do hair splitting. I just used the example to convince
you that you don't require to type '\textit{}' all the times you need
italics.
texmacs is not emacs! See www.texmacs.org.
Johannes
PS: Your other remarks have already been answered in another post on
this thread.
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