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From: ken@cs.rochester.edu (Ken Yap)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: Which is better?  Textprocessing langs or DeskTop publishing pgms?
Message-ID: <1989Sep7.190918.6089@cs.rochester.edu>
Date: 7 Sep 89 19:09:18 GMT
Sender: ken@cs.rochester.edu (Ken Yap)
Organization: University of Rochester Computer Science Department
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|     I think that the WYSIWYG systems remove most of the system-dependent
|vagaries from the design process and let the designer doodle electronically.
|This is more productive than repeatedly debugging your formats with the 
|edit-print-think loop that troff and TeX get you into.  This is particularly
|true of strange layouts, like ad copy or newsletters.  Of course, your WYSIWYG
|tool should have a really fluid, consistent, easy to use interface.

A layout design tool would be nice to have but I haven't missed it
much.  I just type in the text and use one of several standard formats.
One thing I will not give up is the ability to edit from a dumb
terminal over a modem. Many WYSISYG systems tie one to a workstation.

Which one is preferred depends on the job at hand. Academics writing
papers will have a different answer from newsletter editors.

We have both types of systems here each with their adherents. Pick your
favourite religion.

Can we go on to something else now?