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Monopoly or not, it's the only wsywyg text editor I've ever found truly usable. I now prefer Google docs for convenience but it's not quite there yet for compos

Monopoly or not, it's the only wsywyg text editor I've ever found truly usable. I now prefer Google docs for convenience but it's not quite there yet for composition/edit experience. Hoping for more good alternatives, if anyone has suggestions.

Ecio78 13y ago
I'm not sure it is still a problem nowadays but until some months ago if you used the zoom function of the browser Google docs had very bad problems rendering and managing your input.
ghaff 13y ago
It depends on what you need. I just use a text editor for a lot of purposes. For writing a long complex document, I really like Scrivener on the Mac--but that's mostly for creating content prior to entering into a formatting/publishing phase. For creating a typical 1-10 page formatted document, Word is fine. But show is Libre Office for the most part.
telephonetemp 13y ago
LyX isn't WYSIWYG but rather WYSIWYM (the "M" stands for "mean"), but I found it the most usable visual editor for word processing. Edit: Why the downvote?
- emiliobumachar 13y ago
  The concept of WYSIWYM, which you casually tossed around, is really hard to grasp at a glance, which is mildly frustrating. (I did not downvote nor think there's reason enough for it. Just speculating) I took a look at the LyX web page, and it really didn't shed much light on the issue. "writing based on the structure of your document" added zero information to me. The screenshots look like a weird middle ground between WYSIWYG and TeX.
- alok-g 13y ago
  My key issue with Lyx has been that the document interface is not in fully human format. References and tags show up as fields visible to the user. To create a cross-reference, user must insert tags at the target location first (Microsoft Word keeps track of headings, captions, etc. by itself for cross-referencing). Also, hyperlinks are not clickable (the last time I checked). Edit: I did not downvote, and cannot explain why you got them.
e12e 13y ago
Have you tried abiword (recently)?

Ecio78 13y ago

I'm not sure it is still a problem nowadays but until some months ago if you used the zoom function of the browser Google docs had very bad problems rendering and managing your input.

ghaff 13y ago

It depends on what you need. I just use a text editor for a lot of purposes. For writing a long complex document, I really like Scrivener on the Mac--but that's mostly for creating content prior to entering into a formatting/publishing phase. For creating a typical 1-10 page formatted document, Word is fine. But show is Libre Office for the most part.

telephonetemp 13y ago

LyX isn't WYSIWYG but rather WYSIWYM (the "M" stands for "mean"), but I found it the most usable visual editor for word processing. Edit: Why the downvote?

emiliobumachar 13y ago
The concept of WYSIWYM, which you casually tossed around, is really hard to grasp at a glance, which is mildly frustrating. (I did not downvote nor think there's reason enough for it. Just speculating) I took a look at the LyX web page, and it really didn't shed much light on the issue. "writing based on the structure of your document" added zero information to me. The screenshots look like a weird middle ground between WYSIWYG and TeX.
alok-g 13y ago
My key issue with Lyx has been that the document interface is not in fully human format. References and tags show up as fields visible to the user. To create a cross-reference, user must insert tags at the target location first (Microsoft Word keeps track of headings, captions, etc. by itself for cross-referencing). Also, hyperlinks are not clickable (the last time I checked). Edit: I did not downvote, and cannot explain why you got them.

e12e 13y ago

Have you tried abiword (recently)?