Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 22:13:31 -0400 From: Leo Papandreou <leo@talcom.net> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel config script: Message-ID: <19990602221331.A841@homer.talcom.net> In-Reply-To: <3754898D.D2C7E08D@softweyr.com>; from Wes Peters on Tue, Jun 01, 1999 at 07:31:57PM -0600 References: <Pine.NEB.3.96.990601170731.40428A-100000@shell-3.enteract.com> <3754898D.D2C7E08D@softweyr.com>
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On Tue, Jun 01, 1999 at 07:31:57PM -0600, Wes Peters wrote: [...] > > And, as far as *word processors* go, troff, nroff, and ed pretty > much suck. Don't get me wrong, I completely agree they are useful > tools, as borne out by the number of books that have been typeset > over the years using troff. But a word processor they DO NOT make. Thats absolutely correct. They have no built-in diversion to cope with writer's block. With MS-Word you can futz with fonts for hours :-) [...] > > But as a word processor, is it really any better than MacWrite on an > original Mac 128K? Or, to stack the deck a little more, a Mac Plus? > *I* don't think so. That was a system well suited to word processing, > except the tiny screen. Nothing since then has advanced the state of > the art in word processing, only in being able to do other things with > your word processor. > Dont forget included page layout functionality which allows everyone to accomplish thoroughly banal work equally well. In a variety of fonts, no less. I'm still amazed at how long the typesetting trade got by without 3d logos. People must have read documents, or something, back when. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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