On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 13:31:36 +0200
Robin Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

 
> Yes, LyX is a bit of a brainteaser at first, because it's so 
> different.  However, for most purposes you only really need to learn 
> a small subset of what is possible with the program (actually, the 
> same goes for something like Word - if I had the time to learn all 
> the features in Word 2000, I'd spend it learning C++).  I have a very 
> basic guide at http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin/lyxguide.pdf
> 
Nice tutorial.

Of course, another reason to use LyX over proprietary applications is that
the data is not locked away in a file format that might be unrecoverable,
or only recoverable with great difficulty, within a few years. That will
probably be the case with WordPerfect files one day. But LyX files are
human readable in any plain text editor.

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