Re: Which text editor is better for writing scientific papers?

From: Jean-David Beyer (j_at_d.b)
Date: 01/17/04 

Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 21:49:04 -0500

William Park wrote:
> Xiaoshen Li <xli6@gmu.edu> wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Recently I switched from Microsoft Windows to Red Hat Linux KDE.So I'm
>>not using Microsoft Word anymore. I need to write scientific papers,
>>with inserted figures(each figure is a ps file or pdf file). I am
>>wondering what text editor is more suitable for this purpose. I am
>>thinking about KWord or LaTex. Could you give me some opinion?
>>
>>By the way, is LaTex available for free?
>>
>>Thank you very much.
>>
>>Best Regards,
>>Xiaoshen
>
>
> If you had to ask this question, then I suggest to stick with MS-Word
> since you're familiar with it already. Anyone who writes "scientific
> paper" would know TeX/LaTeX which is available for every OSs you care to
> mention. You would also know that LaTeX is computer typesetting
> package, not text editor.
>

I think that is a bit harsh. Consider the background of the O.P. He is
familiar with Microsoft Windows and is smart enough to have switched
from that to Linux. He just needs a bit of a roadmap as to the structure
of Linux systems. Word Processors are a poor integration of a text
editor and a text processor. Hence the confusion of text editor and text
processor. Give the guy a break and enlighten him instead of demeaning him. 

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