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Originally Posted by sgtrock
(shrug) My way of tackling it after the fact will certainly add some additional work. OTOH, I do find it easier to focus on the actual content writing my way. Hopefully, that will help offset the loss in productivity when it comes time to begin the massaging for publication.
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Come to think of it, I suppose that I could use sed or something similar to assign one or more default paragraph formats as part of a batch job process. That would help speed up the process enormously. And if I used markdown or pandoc, can I use either one as an import to LyX? Hmmm... I think I've got some research to do.
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# Use What Works For You
Everyone should do what works best for *them* to get the job done. But remember, markup and pandoc can be useful to you whether you use them early or late in your process. When you import into LyX and add styles, that is adding LaTeX markup (in a wysiwig manner). Then you can still use pandoc to convert from the LaTeX files to other forms: pdf, html, epub, etc.
The key to using it as you write is to use only the **absolute minimum** to define the structure/semantics you need (not presentation). For example, this reply is written in markdown and includes:
* a level one heading
* paragraphs
* emphasis and strong emphasis
* a simple list (this one)
So most of writing in markdown is both simple and unobtrusive. I find that when people first look at markdown/multimarkdown the syntax examples look overly complex because they are trying to show as much as possible in a small example. In reality, it is more like that old Palmolive dish soap commercial: you're already soaking in it
And yes, you can take valid markdown (like the text of this reply) and run it through pandoc to create a LaTeX version to open with LyX, or run it through pandoc to create an epub version to open with Sigil for further massaging.
cheers,
andrew