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Date:      Tue, 15 Dec 1998 10:59:36 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        jcwells@u.washington.edu, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, kkeysler@nwlink.com
Subject:   Re: Smaller, Dedicated tools and Greg's Daemon News Article
Message-ID:  <19981215105936.N17075@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <199812141422.GAA26548@hub.freebsd.org>; from Jonathan M. Bresler on Mon, Dec 14, 1998 at 06:22:33AM -0800
References:  <19981214083023.C2587@freebie.lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812132318160.6577-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> <19981214183905.F17075@freebie.lemis.com> <199812141422.GAA26548@hub.freebsd.org>

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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
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