At the moment, I'm busy writing my thesis in LaTeX. I've been told that LaTeX is a good package to use, but I've never liked it much. All those commands that clutter up my screen really make it hard to read what I've typed, so much so that it now gives me a headache.
So, I've decided to look at alternatives. MS Word is evil, because everyone I know who has written something in it, has a horror story to tell. I'm sure you've heard them too. I've checked out various other Mac word processing applications, and have finally settled on Mellel.
Here are my requirements for writing my thesis:
- Able to generate table of contents. From my experiments, Mellel seems able to do this.
- Integration with Bibliographic tools. From what I've read, Mellel needs an application called Bookends (which costs about $55). Is there any other cheaper application?
- Equation editor. Mellel doesn't come with one . However, there is a program called LatexIT that allows me to create equations using LaTeX commands and paste them directly into Mellel. This isn't too much of a problem then.
- Referencing figures and tables. In LaTeX, I have the \cite command, that allows me to cite figure/tables/etc in my current document. Thus, when the figure number changes, the citations in the document change as well. I don't know what this feature is called, and if it is present in Mellel?
So.... any comments on whether I should switch from LaTeX to Mellel? I've only written some 15 pages of my Thesis, so it isn't too difficult to port things over.[/list]