[bovine3dom]

> configuration becomes as complex as LaTeX itself.

I've been a happy user of LyX for about a decade and I have to agree whole-heartedly with you here. Creating a new document in LyX invariably starts with me copying a previous .lyx file and deleting all the content because the preambles and associated settings are very large.

I suppose I should just make a template, but copying and pasting a file is easier, and I like the analogy with a mother dough...