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[shikast]

Hello,

I'm trying to write my PhD-Thesis with LaTeX and I think I have grasped the basic principles but when it comes to details, I have difficulties.

When starting out, I was using Kile (following a recommendation), later I switched to Texmaker (another recommendation) and now I'm trying LyX. Okay, maybe I should settle down on one of these soon.

The current problem that kept me busy for the past days is that I've found it impossible to embed my bibliography from jabref and cite from it. I've googled a lot, but remain unable to solve the problems (in any of the three editors, which drives me crazy). I feel like I'm simply missing something basic and I just don't see it.

So tomorrow I will start by searching this forum and maybe later post my question with more detail.

Many thanks in advance and I hope that maybe someday I will be able to give something back. Just right now, I doubt it.

Greetings from Munich

[cgnieder]

Hi shikast,

Welcome to the LaTeX community!

Best regards

[cgnieder]

Just a personal opinion: if you want to use LaTeX with all its strengths (and also its weaknesses, of course) then I wouldn't use LyX which is not so much an editor than rather a frontend that translates the input into LaTeX and uses LaTeX under the hood as a backend.

While learning to use LaTeX directly no doubt is a long road it pays eventually

On a personal note: I've been a long term kile-user (although I, too, switched recently). I think it really doesn't matter too much which editor you use as long as you feel comfortable using it

Since you say you're from Munich: maybe you know our rather new German sister site TeXwelt already?

Regards again

[shikast]

Hi,

yeah, I was trying LyX, because so far I'm quite sure I will never use LaTeX again after that thesis, so maybe it would make my life easier. But I haven't been too happy with it.

Anyway I just made it and have been able to quote from my bibliography with Kile. So I should probably stick with Kile.
Never thought I'd be so happy about a simple pdf-Output.

Thanks for mentioning the german forum, I will check it out. Since my computer is set up in english and I write everything in english I find it almost easier to solve my problems in english, too.

[Johannes_B]

There are 10 (two) types of LaTeX users. Those who just use it to get their work done without carin about any details, and those who are fascinated by »LaTeX and friends«

Maybe, one day you join this special last mentioned group of people.

Best regards
Johannes

PS: Welcome to the board.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi shikast,

welcome to the forum!

I agree, Kile is great. I used it on Ubuntu Linux, but switched to TeXworks because I work on different systems, where TeXworks is the same such as on Linux and Windows. I guess for a bigger project I might use Kile again.

Stefan