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List:       lyx-users
Subject:    Re: Lyx for business
From:       Graham Smith <graham.smith () myotis ! co ! uk>
Date:       2008-06-22 17:32:02
Message-ID: E18F9375-D820-4ECC-BA7D-925C5FBBACB3 () myotis ! co ! uk
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Steve,

>> This is what I am mainly interested in, having experienced how much
>> better a report looks produced in Lyx is compared to Word, its the
>> production of technical reports that I can see the biggest advantage.
>> But I admit, I had been thinking of trying to move everything over to
>> Lyx, as Rich has now done.
>
> My experience is that LyX is really bad for ad-hoc type stuff.  
> Therefore, if
> you move completely to LyX, I'd recommend you pick up VimOutliner
> (http://www.vimoutliner.org) for "thinking on paper". If you use it  
> under
> Linux or on Windows with Cygwin, you can incorporate non-text stuff  
> into your
> outline via executable lines.
>
> Another suggestion -- For the ultimate multi-format ad hoc docs,  
> use Kompozer,
> a graphic web designer. It's available at http://kompozer.net/.
>
> I use VimOutliner many hours each day, and I use Kompozer several  
> times per
> week.

Mmmm, I think I will be doing well to get people using Lyx, without  
introducing more alien programs to them !

But I agree about the usefulness of something like VimOutliner for ad  
hoc stuff.  I have used Emacs with org.mode for this, and I take on  
board the issues of ad hoc stuff in Lyx.

Graham

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