Is it really overkill to drive a Mercedes versus a Fiat? And, the formatting details are not distracting, except for distractible minds.
And, no, I do not suggest that the bibliography feature is as capable as BibTeX. Indeed, this is perhaps my biggest complaint with Ventura Publisher, that other very capable tools are excluded from the suite. I do very much wish that TeX were one of those supported tools. VP was last copyrighted in 2002. wrb > -----Original Message----- > From: rgheck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 4:51 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org > Subject: Re: WRB - Installing LyX > > > >> importantly, none of us developers---I'd be shocked if I > don't speak > >> for all of us---want LyX to be WYSIWYG. At least lots of us think > >> that WYSISYM positively INTERFERES with the process of > writing. The > >> separation of content from presentation revolutionized the > process of > >> writing for me. > >> But you do have to get used to it and, well, just stop fussing so > >> much over details of presentation, at least until you're done > >> writing. Why mess with where a figure goes when the whole page may > >> change? > >> > > > > This is exactly the process I use with Ventura. Write the > text, then > > later, ususally much later, format the document. I use > Ventura like a > > typewriter, just like other writers. > > > > > But that seems like using a bulldozer to drive a nail. If > you're writing, why on earth would you be using a program > capable of what Ventura can do? You're just asking for distraction. > > I'll leave it to others to comment on bibliographies and the like. > Unless you wish to assert that Ventura integrates something > the likes of BibTeX. > > rh > > >
