From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 5 22:42:10 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAA5D16A417 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 22:42:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from outbound-mail-15.bluehost.com (outbound-mail-15.bluehost.com [69.89.18.115]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8AD8A13C457 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 22:42:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (qmail 20696 invoked by uid 0); 5 Oct 2007 22:42:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box183.bluehost.com) (69.89.25.183) by mailproxy1.bluehost.com with SMTP; 5 Oct 2007 22:42:08 -0000 Received: from c-24-9-123-251.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.9.123.251] helo=demeter.hydra) by box183.bluehost.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1Idvs0-0006ea-9e for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:42:08 -0600 Received: from demeter.hydra (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l9511jmO052589 for ; Thu, 4 Oct 2007 19:01:45 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: (from ren@localhost) by demeter.hydra (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id l9511jcf052588 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 4 Oct 2007 19:01:45 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) X-Authentication-Warning: demeter.hydra: ren set sender to perrin@apotheon.com using -f Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 19:01:45 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071005010145.GH51068@demeter.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <1191604254.2944.12.camel@pinot.fmjassoc.com> <86k5q1gs8t.fsf@Llea.celt.neu> <1191621784.2944.60.camel@pinot.fmjassoc.com> <20071005223711.GA23823@ayn.mi.celestial.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071005223711.GA23823@ayn.mi.celestial.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {737:box183.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.net} {sentby:bopbeforesmtp 24.9.123.251 authed with apotheon.com} X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - box183.bluehost.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [737 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - apotheon.com Subject: Re: Equations X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:42:10 -0000 On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 03:37:11PM -0700, Bill Campbell wrote: > > There's a big difference between sophisticated typesetting programs such as > TeX and groff, and word processors. TeX and ?roff were designed to do > major, professional quality, publishing projects by people who understood > the intricacies of page design and layout. . . . while word processors are a "least common denominator" application designed to be everything to everyone, but ultimately end up being very little to anyone, because they're worse than layout and typesetting programs at producing print documents and worse than digital presentation design and semantic formatting systems at producing "electronic" (aka "online") documents. Somehow, though, they've ended up being the single most commonly used form of document generation software today. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Marvin Minsky: "It's just incredible that a trillion-synapse computer could actually spend Saturday afternoon watching a football game."