From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Dec 14 16:30:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA09193 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 16:30:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA09187; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 16:30:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id LAA27389; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 11:00:00 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id KAA15430; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 10:59:37 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19981215105936.N17075@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 10:59:36 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Cc: jcwells@u.washington.edu, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, kkeysler@nwlink.com Subject: Re: Smaller, Dedicated tools and Greg's Daemon News Article References: <19981214083023.C2587@freebie.lemis.com> <19981214183905.F17075@freebie.lemis.com> <199812141422.GAA26548@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199812141422.GAA26548@hub.freebsd.org>; from Jonathan M. Bresler on Mon, Dec 14, 1998 at 06:22:33AM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Monday, 14 December 1998 at 6:22:33 -0800, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote: >>> >>> A recent email chat combined with Greg's article have completely convinced >>> me that I should learn a little bit more programming in order to make my >>> life easier. >>> >>> Emacs, Tex, >> >> Don't go overboard. Emacs, OK, but TeX might help you find positive >> things about Microsoft Wart. > > use LaTeX rather than TeX. Thats where I came from before going to TeX. Possibly I didn't stay long enough, but one problem I have with just about all *TeX-formatted documents is that they shout ``look, I was formatted with TeX''. I know that this can be fixed, but I haven't seen many documents which have been fixed. > you might consider LyX if you want a more formatted display style > editor. I did consider LyX. It combines the obfuscation of WYSIWYG with the complexity of TeX. I agree entirely with DES: it's a waste of time. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message