What are your favorite Lyx tips and tricks?

[kody]

Suggestions to get the best document out!

[Balaur]

apt-get remove lyx

vi Makefile
i

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LATEX = /usr/bin/pdflatex
BIBTEX = /usr/bin/bibtex
RM = /bin/rm -f

doc.pdf: doc.tex
        @${LATEX} -halt-on-error doc.tex

clean:
        ${RM} doc.aux doc.log

ESC
:wq

vi doc.tex
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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{rotchiffre}

\begin{document}

\EdefRot{13}\result{Lbh qba'g arrq Ylk!}
\result

\end{document}
ESC
:wq

make doc
evince doc.pdf

[LukeW]

apt-get remove lyx

Oh yes, best post I've seen all week.

If you want a GUI front end or "IDE" for LaTeX, you might as well just go and use Microsoft Word.

[zapta]

Just installed it on my Linux box. Looks very interesting. Will spend more time with it.

[Leiothrix]

If you want a GUI front end or "IDE" for LaTeX, you might as well just go and use Microsoft Word.

Have you used LyX?  It works pretty well, has all the build & export functions built in, and lets you directly enter code if you want to.

Certainly easier to use LyX than figure out vi/emacs, TeX and the whole build chain.  Especially if the person is not coming from a *nix or programming background.

[Kostas]

TeXstudio is another choice, although not the same thing. Can be used under *nix and Windows too.