Michael Barton wrote:
Although I, too, was initially turned off by this, I've
become an increasingly strong supporter of this approach
over time. Sometimes I even think that we would be better
off to get away from all semblance of word processor and
graphic programs in the UI in order to make users to think
about GIS software differently.
[straying more than slightly off-topic]
If you are a fan of the structured/sanitized approach to data management
you might enjoy the LyX word(document)-processor. It's a WYSIWYM frontend
to the LaTeX typesetting language, and to use the vernacular- it rocks.
For writing manuscripts there is little better. http://www.lyx.org
The Help->getting started documentation is very good and will change the
way you think about writing documents.
Hamish
Michael B:
> Although I, too, was initially turned off by this, I've
> become an increasingly strong supporter of this approach
> over time. Sometimes I even think that we would be better
> off to get away from all semblance of word processor and
> graphic programs in the UI in order to make users to think
> about GIS software differently.
Hamish:
[straying more than slightly off-topic]
If you are a fan of the structured/sanitized approach to data management
you might enjoy the LyX word(document)-processor. It's a WYSIWYM frontend
to the LaTeX typesetting language, and to use the vernacular- it rocks.
For writing manuscripts there is little better. http://www.lyx.org
The Help->getting started documentation is very good and will change the
way you think about writing documents.
I use LyX since last summer. I haven't used any other "document
processor" since then.
(
Maybe some of you advanced devs could "link" grass-reports directly with
LyX 
)
Greets, Nikos
[straying more than slightly off-topic]
If you are a fan of the structured/sanitized approach to data management
you might enjoy the LyX word(document)-processor. It's a WYSIWYM frontend
to the LaTeX typesetting language, and to use the vernacular- it rocks.
For writing manuscripts there is little better. http://www.lyx.org
The Help->getting started documentation is very good and will change the
way you think about writing documents.
Yes, LyX is just great for scientific texts.
For some type of work, we have to recodgnize that there are best-practice solutions.
Lyx is the one for academix texts and books.
Happy writing!