Re: auctex, lyx, what's the point?

* casioculture@xxxxxxxxx (2005-11-29) writes:

> You see, my point is this, if i'm composing and typing in a whole
> section, what harm is there in just typing "\section{}"? After all, you
> can't escape typing in the title of the section.
>
> How much is really saved? It's just one word, "\section{}", and
> considering those bindings you typed, you would've saved half a word or
> even less, a very insignificant amount compared to a section.

`<Ctrl>-c <Ctrl>-s' can be typed in a fraction of a second whereas
`<AltGr>-ß s e c t i o n <AltGr>-7 <AltGr>-0' costs me about three
seconds. Now you tell me if this is insignificant.

> What's worse, you ended up with something less mnemonic, and yes, I do
> think "Ctrl-C Ctrl-S <ret>" is less mnemonic than "\section{}". What's
> even worse, you can't do it on editors other than emacsen, so it's less
> portable, whereas "\section{}" would work on even a notepad or a
> palmtop. Heck, i bet you can even do it longhand if you were drafting
> in pen and paper something to type in later.

You don't forget how to walk by using a bicycle for longer distances.

> I think the beauty of LaTeX is that I can just type in "\section{}" on
> any editor I can find, on any device, and it's as simple as that, and
> that's as simple as it could get.
>
> Those editing helpers seem to reduce that beauty, quite significantly.
> They strike me as very needless complexities.

Nobody forces you to use more efficient techniques to enter LaTeX
constructs with AUCTeX. You can still type your \section macros by
hand if you like.

--
Ralf
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