Introduction to Latex and Lyx - Part 2 of 5

[mphello]

1m55s When I hit a spacebar between text, I WANT space to be created. So, clearly, Lyx does NOT do that, and that would be beyond enraging. So Lyx is NOT "what you see is what you want"

[capoman1]

@mphello I can understand how you enjoy your formatting choices in word, there is no taking that away. If you want maximum formatting and editability, Word is the choice.

But start by understanding that you WANT to have your text formatted depending on what standard you re publishing to. And it is nice to have all of that done for you, rather than having to be a a standards formatting wizard; want to change standard, no problem, no work lost...

[mphello]

@capoman1

I just open up MS Word and start typing. Only one time (doctoral dissertation) did I actually have to worry about the different heading types in MS Word. But, for my typical <20-page math paper, I never "set" any formatting choice or standard.

I've tried LaTeX at least 5 or 6 times since I first heard of it in 1988.

NEVER, never could I do anything with it. Would spend WEEKS guessing searching for a single command, say, to create a matrix. Takes me 1 second with Mathtype.

[capoman1]

@mphello ...Now I get frustrated by Word's drawbacks: Math symbols from MathType get corrupted in .doc files; either in saved files, or files emailed to another user. Equations are stored in image files sometimes, and font size conflicts can occur and make things ugly and incorrectly spaced and formatted. Each MathType or Word equation is an object, and must be opened in a windowed editor to edit the equation; clumsy (this has changed in Word 2010; it's damn good now).

[mphello]

@capoman1

I still work with Word 2000. An upgrade would cost me money. A few hundred dollars, I assume (I haven't checked)

And working with Mathtype 6.0. An upgrade to current version 6.5 would cost $49.

That I am willing to spend. But not sure if it will work with Word 2000.

[mphello]

I've never used TeX in my life (for all the hundreds of math documents and handful of published math papers that I've created). MS Word and Mathtype all the way.

I hate the prejudice and bigotry by math journals and certain so-called math-help websites which require questions be asked in TeX, rather than posted as a PDF created from MS Word.

[Mr29fulcrum]

Great Job,

P.S.

The correct pronunciation is " Late(k)" and not "Late(ks)"

[XavierMacX]

New version, Windows 7, LyX 2.1... Ctrl + N = New Window; it does not add a math object.

Use Ctrl + M instead.

[francman07]

It's called What You See Is What You Mean, WYSIWYM, not "What You Want".

[METALsyndr0me]

Now I use LateX thanks to you :)

[opiumocean]

hi

would pls tell me how to key "arc{AB}"?

[afumade]

special thx from morocco. i downloaded lyx but didn't find a proper tutorial, until today!

[Maarttttt]

I like this

[TheEventuaLDJMIKE]

what's your recording program ?

[METALsyndr0me]

@TheEventuaLDJMIKE i Think its camtasia...

[nicknomo2]

thanks for the videos. Very useful.

BTW, on an unrelated note, where is that lake on your desktop background. It looks like a beautiful place..

[Yessj]

pronounced LA-TECH :)

[sebaz88]

Dude what a great tutorial, professional, and you are so calm really nice!

[DrCox10]

@Casparchess it is essential

:D

[mdyzma]

Its"latech" not "latex".

Last letter is Greek "chi".

[duck24x]

If what I want IS to insert a bunch of spacebars, and LyX is not letting me, that proves that LyX is absolutely NOT "what you see is what you want" (or mean), whereas MS Word is (as well as being "what you see is what you get").

That would drive me insane, if I expect the screen to respond to what I type, but it doesn't. Lyx sounds horrible.

[bitterbug]

@duck24x

Well of course it's horrible for what you want to do because what you want to do has nothing to do with the purpose it is designed for.

It is intended to be used for typesetting and creating a standardized document which can be reproduced cleanly, exactly the way the author meant.

If you want to use tabs and spaces to format a book report, go ahead. Do it with a complex math formula and you could render it as gibberish.

LyX is a formatting tool, not a notepad.

[starsiegeplayer]

yes it is essential. ;)

[Villisla]

Great Video. Good Pace Of Information. Clear Spelling Of Concepts. Very Useful And Relevant. Thanks For Your Effort. It is Great.

[prashanthreddyh]

Thank you so much,

We appreciate your time and effort. It is a very good and beautiful tutorial. great video. very good quality. keep it up

thanks again

[don71089]

What is the purpose of MikTex???

Does it works along with Lyx?

[Rockjaw3]

lyx needs a Tex engine to work properly, miktex is used on the windows versions