Hi all,
I am in the process finding a good LaTeX editor, please read this thread for details.
http://www.latex-community.org/forum/vi ... 28&t=17265
I think LyX is probably a good choice, but not sure about its ability for real-time preview. Anyone can comment on this? Furthermore, someone says that these editors cannot modify existing codes. So I cannot use them to edit the manuscript. But he/she refused to explain in details. Is this true? Personally, I quite doubt this assertion.
Thanks
LyX ⇒ Real-time Preview
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Stefan Kottwitz
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Real-time Preview
LyX provides instant preview:
I would expect problems with existing LaTeX code. LyX is able to import it, there's a conversion tool called tex2lyx. It is usable, but doesn't work perfect. See:
LyX is good for quick writing as long as your documents are close to supported standards. It gets harder if you would have special formatting requirements.
If you use LaTeX, you can expect very good support here for any problem or question. If you are able to explain a problem well, including showing the problem code, a solution is nearly guaranteed. With LyX I've seen it differently. It's hard to describe a problem if you have a graphical user interface and the actual code is hidden, and it's hard to explain a solution even if one has it: click here, click there, depending on the version... While with LaTeX the way can be: show the code lines which make the problem, and you would get the code that fixes it - running and testable on all systems.
Stefan
I would expect problems with existing LaTeX code. LyX is able to import it, there's a conversion tool called tex2lyx. It is usable, but doesn't work perfect. See:
LyX is good for quick writing as long as your documents are close to supported standards. It gets harder if you would have special formatting requirements.
If you use LaTeX, you can expect very good support here for any problem or question. If you are able to explain a problem well, including showing the problem code, a solution is nearly guaranteed. With LyX I've seen it differently. It's hard to describe a problem if you have a graphical user interface and the actual code is hidden, and it's hard to explain a solution even if one has it: click here, click there, depending on the version... While with LaTeX the way can be: show the code lines which make the problem, and you would get the code that fixes it - running and testable on all systems.
Stefan
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Re: Real-time Preview
Hello Stefan_K,
Thanks for the points. It's good to know the shortcoming before jumping in.
Thanks for the points. It's good to know the shortcoming before jumping in.