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This is the first time I learned about WYSIWYM (What You See Is What You Mean). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYM Bo
by redthrow 12y ago
This is the first time I learned about WYSIWYM (What You See Is What You Mean).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYM
Both plain text editors (e.g. gedit) and word processors (e.g. LibreOffice Writer) frustrated me so this is perfect for my needs.
- auxym 12y agoCheck out LyX! Not affiliated or anything, just great software that for me hits the sweetspot between Writer and hand-coding Latex. It's simple and lightweight yet powerful and easy to learn. http://www.lyx.org/ http://www.lyx.org/
- redthrow 12y agoThanks! Does it have live preview? (It's not listed in the features page.) Also the UI looks really complex compared to ReText. It looks good for people who write complex documents (e.g. math textbooks) though.
- auxym 12y agoIt does not have live preview, it uses latex in the backend so you have to compile to view your changes. I have found the interface mostly intuitive myself (ymmv). It has absolutely no problem doing simple documents, quite the opposite actually, it makes it very simple. Looking at the web page, I agree it does not make this very clear. The docs come as LyX documents packaged with the software, if you feel like having a look, install it and hit help > tutorial
- sheremetyev 12y agoTexts (http://texts.io http://texts.io) is a WYSIWYM editor for Markdown.
- dredmorbius 12y agoThat's pretty much the prime directive of semantic formatting systems -- LaTeX, HTML (as originally envisioned), Markdown, and the like. The ironic truth is that "responsive" design is a horribly late-to-the-party awareness of this, and often accomplished by tremendously convoluted design -- adding more complexity to systems in which less is preferred. But yes, it's quite an epiphany when you finally get it.