Steve Litt wrote:
On Monday 26 January 2009 10:52:49 am Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
> Steve Litt wrote:
> > Have you ever supplied your colleagues with a layout file
containing all
> > the environments and character styles they'll need for their
document? I
> > think even the most non-technical person would find LyX trivial to
use if
> > he/she never had to make an environment or character style.
>
> yes. Actually, I think that "teaching" people the advantages of semantic
> markup is one major task. The problem is that people actually like
finger-
> painting. And LyX/LaTeX just isn't designed for that.
Then somebody must write a document explaining why fingerprinting is
bad, and
styles are good. I'm behind on all my work right now, but if I get an
opportunity I'll write such a document. Please remind me every few months.
The first section of the introduction (help->introduction) already
explains this over a couple of pages. Getting people to actually read it
is another matter.
Helge Hafting