[Vimoutliner] LyX has outline mode!

[Steve Litt]

On Thursday 14 June 2007 21:11, jerojasro at gmail.com wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 08:48:17PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > LyX, the book writing software I use, has outline mode just like MS Word.
> > It's available in their 1.5.x version, which so far is beta.
> >
> > Outline mode is a feature where you can take your book and view it as an
> > outline, with parts, chapters, sections, subsections etc being outline
> > headlines. Then, in outline mode, you can actually move the headings
> > around to change the structure of your book. A REALLY good feature.
>
> mmhhh... I'm not quite sure, but it sounds like the folding in vimlatex.
> BTW, if you are serious about writing books, you should try LaTeX
> instead of MSWord (and yes, IMHO, even instead of LyX). Or, at least,
> split your book in several files, say, one per chapter

Thanks Javier,

I haven't written a book in MS Word since writing "Rapid Learning: Secret 
Weapon of the Successful Technologist" in 1999. All books after that were 
written in LyX. I thought Word was wonderful til I really got to know LyX, 
after which Word looked like chopped liver.

I write books in LyX instead of LaTeX for the same reason I write web pages in 
Mozilla Composer instead of Vim: When in author mode, my technical IQ drops 
to 69. I can write great code, or write great content, but can't do both at 
the same time. Hence I never write content in environments requiring me to 
code tags and the like.

In LyX, I go into programmer mode and, within the layout file, code up all my 
environments and character styles. Then I go into author mode and apply all 
those environments and character styles within the LyX authoring environment. 
Works out great, yields good looking output.

I'd be interested in hearing more about vimlatex.

SteveT

Steve Litt
Author: Universal Troubleshooting Process books and courseware
http://www.troubleshooters.com/