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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.bc.net!arclight.uoregon.edu!nntp.primenet.com!news1.best.com!nntp2.ba.best.com!not-for-mail From: Marco S Hyman <marc@dumbcat.codewright.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Re: Betting on Unix Date: 06 Feb 1997 20:41:31 -0800 Organization: codewright Lines: 21 Message-ID: <x7lo914490.fsf@dumbcat.codewright.com> References: <5d3sr2$44n@nntp1.best.com> <E50rGo.K3n@nonexistent.com> <nLVF2tL@quack.kfu.com> <5daq9b$tck@usenet1y.prodigy.net> <32F90AEB.41C6@osf.org> <5dbapu$t1f$1@nntp2.ba.best.com> <x7n2ti4s7i.fsf@dumbcat.codewright.com> <5dc7qq$hed@phoenix.sysbe.sysgo.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: dumbcat.codewright.com X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:156396 comp.os.linux.networking:67407 comp.os.linux.setup:95682 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5884 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2280 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:51998 comp.os.os2.advocacy:265920 rob@charlie.sysbe.sysgo.de (Robert Kaiser) 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 > > > Oh, come on! This just doesn't compare to WinWord. I was about to mention Why not? I've used both and find emacs + groff more than adequate and a hell of a lot easier to use than WinWord. The combination has been good enough to typeset several books: I quote from the preface of "Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment" by W. Richard Stevens: Real UNIX books are written using troff and this book follows that time-honored tradition. Camera-ready copy of the book was produced by the author using the groff package written by James Clark. // marc