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LyX 1.6 is ready for release

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 3 comments
Linux.com; By Michael Reed 		Mail this story
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This month saw the release of LyX 1.6 release candidate 1. Occupying a position somewhere between a word processor and a mark-up editor, LyX is designed to meet the needs of professional and academic writers by allowing them to focus on their content rather than formatting and layout. It achieves this by eschewing some of the WYSIWYG conventions of a word processor. We've covered LyX in the past, so this time we'll focus on the enhancements that the 1.6 release brings with it.

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Comments (3)

montezuma ·
Use it all the time and the latest release looks better than ever. Thanks to the dev team including Martin Vermeer who occasionally posts here.....
herzeleid ·
I used LyX for papers when I was working on my comp sci degree. It really takes the pain out of latex, while giving much the same sort of results.
Steven_Rosenber ·
I've always wanted to try Lyx.

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