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From: lamble@silas.cc.monash.edu.au (Mr Stuart Lamble)
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Subject: Re: Betting on Unix
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Date: 6 Feb 1997 02:37:01 GMT
Organization: Monash University
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Marco S Hyman (marc@dumbcat.codewright.com) wrote:
: vss@shell2.ba.best.com (V.S. Senthilkumar) writes:
: 
: > Tell me a cheap and good word processing application for unix?
: 
: 1) emacs + groff (preview with the -X option if using X).
: 2) emacs + [La]TeX
: 
: Take your choice.  The cost is an hour or three to generate and install, 0
: dollars.  At that price you can use both.

Or, if you want something that runs under X, and gives you a pretty display,
try LyX. Still beta software, but very, very usable.

There's also StarOffice, available from sunsite (also beta.)

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