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From: ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu
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Subject: Re: Help me defend LaTeX
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Date: 24 Oct 89 16:42:54 GMT
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In article <5954@tank.uchicago.edu> phd_jacquier@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes:
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>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. 

Unfortunately, a few greek characters won't do it.
Automatic equation typesetting is a complicated business. None of the
PC based word-processor that attempt it (MS-WORD, Manuscript, Exact)
can match the output quality of TeX (or even troff).