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From: pseelig@goofy.zdv.uni-mainz.de (Paul Seelig)
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: 3 Mar 1997 19:03:02 GMT
Organization: En Casa, S.A.
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In article <5evv3u$305o@usenet1y.prodigy.net>,
davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) writes:
> In article <slrn5gvc5t.clb.dfox@belvdere.vip.best.com>,
> David E. Fox <dfox@belvdere.vip.best.com> wrote:
>
>| But that reflects the biggest argument against word processors, and
>| it comes up every so often. Word processors by nature have to
>| include the editing and processing parts both, and you're at the
>| mercy of whatever interface & functionality the developer likes. With
>| markup, you can choose your own editing engine. Besides, 95% of
>| word processing is text editing anyways.
>
> Haven't done much technical writing, have you? When you start
> getting to heavy use of tables, figures, equations, footnotes,
> references, etc, then you appreciate a word processor.
>
Haven't ever used LaTeX for a big project, have you? When you start
formatting a large 500 page document with a wordprocessor like Winword
you'll regret not having used LaTeX for it right from the start.
Exactly this weekend i had to make somebody's 544 pages Winword
document ready for print and this was the most annoying and time
consuming task i ever spent on a computer. It would have been so much
more easier with a decent LaTeX setup. Wordprocessors are ok for small
documents but for serious work better give me LaTeX anytime.
Regards, P. *8^)
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Paul Seelig pseelig@goofy.zdv.uni-mainz.de
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