Date: Sun, 21 Dec 1997 22:47:50 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Ruslan Shevchenko <Ruslan@Shevchenko.kiev.ua> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: teTeX, latex, Lyx Books Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971221224537.4983R-100000@picnic.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <349C9CB0.BE5D4BD0@Shevchenko.kiev.ua>
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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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