Re: Replacement for Abiword: LyX? Openoffice?

On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Ben Armstrong wrote:

> > LyX is not kids software in my humble opinion.
>
> Maybe not.  But neither are emacs nor vim.  With some guidance, children of
> different ages can use all three.  It depends, I guess, on what your goals
> are.

May I jump in here, please?  I just wonder why emacs (or vim) would
not be kids software?  Oh, don't get me wrong here, I am not to argue
... this is a real question for me, since our son has entered school
this year and I think within the next year he will have learned
writing ... and he may want do some writings on the PC.  Why would
let's say AbiWord be better than using emacs, AucTeX and friends?  Or
OpenOffice?

Any comments are welcome,

greetings, ray