On Wednesday 05 September 2001 03:30, Giovanni Tummarello wrote:
>
> This opens up a question: if you leave alone the fact that lyx is free..
> and that the underlying latex is supposely bug free. why features does lyx
> offer that word doesnt? (the contrary isnt really to be asked :) ) . I
> mean.. all the manual is boasting about has (internal references, footnotes
> etc etc.. ) are all things that have existed for at least 5 years in Word,
> and the equation editor its the same (if not plain better) than the one
> offered in Lyx.
>
Most of the technical points have been answered elsewhere - I'd just like to
say that the _big_ difference is in the way you go about formatting, i.e.
logical or visual (or WYSIWYM vs. WYSIWYG). I find logical formatting easier
(possibly because of my HTML background), but I accept that many would find
the reverse to be true.
Oh yes, and there's the pretty PS/PDF output as well. An untutored eye may
not immediately pick up on the difference between the same document in
LyX->LaTeX->PS and a standard word-processor, but I think there's a
subliminal effect ;-)
Robin
