On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 20:51:59 -0300 Leandro Melo <ltcmelo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi. > Could anyone tell me if there's a nice latex environment for linux? > Or do I need to use default text editors and compile text manually? > Thanks. > > -- > Leandro > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list There is a program called lyx that will allow you to create files which use LaTex. From the man page: NAME lyx - A Document Processor SYNOPSIS lyx [ command-line switches ] [ name[.lyx] ... ] DESCRIPTION LyX is too complex to be described completely in the "man" page for- mat. If your system is properly configured, you can access the full documentation within LyX under the Help menu. LyX is a document preparation system. It excels at letting you create complex technical and scientific articles with mathematics, cross-ref- erences, bibliographies, indices, etc. It is very good at documents of any length in which the usual processing abilities are required: auto- matic sectioning and pagination, spellchecking, and so forth. It can also be used to write a letter to your mom, though granted, there are probably simpler programs available for that. It is definitely not the best tool for creating banners, flyers, or advertisements, though with some effort all these can be done, too. Some examples of what it is used for: memos, letters, dissertations and theses, lecture notes, seminar notebooks, conference proceedings, software documentation, books (on PostgreSQL, remote sensing, cryptology, fictional novels, poetry, and even a children___s book or two), articles in refereed sci- entific journals, scripts for plays and movies, business proposals... you get the idea. Currently, LyX uses either the XForms or Qt library as a toolkit. LyX should run everywhere, where these libraries run. This is on all major Unix platforms as well as Windows, Mac OS X (which actually is a unix platform) and OS/2. -- Richard E Miles Federal Way WA. USA registered linux user 46097
