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From: phd_jacquier@gsbacd.uchicago.edu
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Subject: Re: Help me defend LaTeX
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Date: 24 Oct 89 09:20:33 GMT
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>One of the professors [...] was incredibly negative about all the 
>hieroglyphics required to make LaTeX function.  
>He was adamant that such a program would no
>longer be part of any technical writing shop by the time his students
>graduated.

>Anyone have any comments?


The next version of word perfect might prove him right. 
From what i heard one will be able to type equations and greek characters and 
see them as you type. Also the preview function in wp is 100 times more
convenient than having to stuff your pc with megabytes of obscure pixel
files. Incidentally it was possible to do technical writing in word perfect
4.2 by remapping the alt and ctrl characters. Then downloading the characters
onto an EGA card ram let you see them as you typed. 
wp have said that a main feature of 5.1 will be technical typing..let's see.