They use the LaTeX typesetting language to make structured documents (click for more on the original TeX), which is most often used in science and academia. In case you’re wondering, Texpad and Lyx are document processors, not word processors. (Texpad is for Mac, but Lyx also works on Windows and Linux systems.) I will probably use it still when I create tables, then copy & paste into Texpad, which requires you to hand-code tables, ugh! (The problem has to do with LyX using a part of the computer’s directory that Apple decided to cordon off, for security reasons, so any program that uses /usr/local/ becomes dysfunctional.) Otherwise I really like Lyx and am grateful to my partner for introducing it to me. Until last week I was using a different document processor, Lyx, and I really enjoyed it until I upgraded my MacBook’s operating system to El Capitan. Circus Ponies Notebook, for note-taking.Then I will critique the apps I rejected and give reasons why I like the following: Some are Mac-only but I’ll mention alternatives. Here’s a list of what I am currently using, in no particular order.
#Circus ponies notebook alternative software#
During the past year I’ve tested many approaches and programs to help me, so perhaps this would be a blog topic to begin 2016, in case you are writing a large document and are considering what software to use.
2014 I’ve contributed a chapter for a book and in between moving and having a baby with my partner, I’ve managed to squeeze out a solid third of my dissertation. 31st so that I would have one article for 2015. Happy new year! I did entertain the idea of writing on Dec.