Quoting Rich Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, pano karambelas wrote: > > > Are there any good non-WYSIWYM editors for Linux or esp. MAC to run LaTex > > on. I use WinEdt (with Miktex) on my wintel box and just installed LyX. > > Emacs is what I use for LaTeX. Others use VIM, joe or any text editor; > there are dozens of 'em. > > > Incidentally, given that I just installed tex/latex on my MAC (using > > i-installer) to use w/LyX, is it correct to assume that this installation > > would suffice in order to run any future, say non-wysiwym editors, that I > > might install? That is, is it true that i-install is not just a way of > > getting tex/latex for LyX, but also for any front-end editor you might want > > to use? > > Editors are totally independent of any other application. You can use the > same editor for LaTeX, composing e-mail, writing web pages, or programming. > It's all text so the editor doesn't matter. How you mark up the text > determines how another application will see and process it. > > Good luck, > > Rich >
Also, lyx needs a full tex installation to process dvi/pdf so if lyx works correctly then you have full latex that is good also as stand alone with another editor (you may need to setup the paths though as lyx may do it internally, I'm not sure). > -- > Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President > Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM) > <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863 > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
