Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 21:45:21 -0700 From: Mike Allison <mallison@konnections.com> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> Cc: Ruslan Shevchenko <Ruslan@Shevchenko.Kiev.ua>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: teTeX, latex, Lyx Books Message-ID: <349DF061.CE1@konnections.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971221224537.4983R-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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You get to have your own opinion and experience, of course, but I think for a general writing tool, LaTeX is about it. I've typeset books and even done overhead slides and color photos. It does cross references and indexes as well as all the front matter so well, that I don't know what else to use. I think TeX and AMSTeX were, of course, very Math/Sci oriented, but LaTeX in 2e has become quite a good general purpose publishing package. On the other hand, there are a lot of times when I just use a word processor for most layout tasks since they have most everything in WYSIWYG. They can't beat LaTeX' power when it comes down to nit picking little details and perfection, however, (being a typesetter) -Mike Chuck Robey wrote: > > On Sun, 21 Dec 1997, Ruslan Shevchenko wrote: > > > > As may be evident, I don't like TeX. It's not for want of trying; I > > > used it exclusively for several years. Troff was like a breath of > > > fresh air. Don't take this as a criticism of lyx; I haven't tried > > > lyx, and if it hides the obscenities of TeX well, it could be quite > > > useful. > > > > > > > TeX is a world and Tex is a culture. In this it is simular to UNIX. > > You know, I'd be more likely to use TeX myself, it it just had some better > general-purpose macros for it. I really like the mm macros that are > available for troff, and I sure wish an equivalent was here for TeX. > Don't tell me TeX has macros, I know that, I just wish they weren't all > pointed at writing math equations, and stuff I don't do much of. > > > > > > Greg > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- > Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data > chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. > 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | > Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD > (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! > ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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