As of LyX 1.6.5, the lyxserver also works on Windows. See the Additional Features manual, chapter 4, for further details. On LyX 1.6.4 and earlier versions, the lyxserver does not work on Windows (except Cygwin), as it was implemented in a UNIX ...
So my question is: why not use LyX? And I am sure that many people, who talk bad of LyX, have not really tried out any of the latest version over a longer period of time. The only reason not to use LyX to me seems to be if you love writing code and feel very cool, progressive or geeky about being ...