Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 14:16:53 -0400 From: Nathan Dorfman <nathan@rtfm.net> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>, Don Tyson <tyson@stanfordalumni.org>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: TeX and LaTeX [WAS: MUA stuff] Message-ID: <20010425141652.B70786@rtfm.net> In-Reply-To: <20010414125434.C40759@lpt.ens.fr>; from rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in on Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 12:54:34PM %2B0200 References: <200104140037.RAA25643@avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net> <20010413184931.A4752@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <20010414125434.C40759@lpt.ens.fr>
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On Sat, Apr 14, 2001 at 12:54:34PM +0200, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > I'm not suggesting it's a serious alternative to MS word for most > people. But several people wrote "there's nothing as good as MS > office". So I was just pointing out that MS Word still lags behind > Knuth's 20 year old program and Lamport's 17 year old macro package > in many respects... Word and TeX are two totally different programs with different purposes; the former is a 'word processor' while the latter is a 'typesetting system'. I like some LaTeX documentation that calls word processors "glorified typewriters." That's pretty much what they are, compared to TeX. > R -- Nathan Dorfman <nathan@rtfm.net> [http://www.rtfm.net] "The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an approaching train." --/usr/games/fortune To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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