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From: cjoslyn@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Cliff Joslyn)
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Subject: Re: Help me defend LaTeX
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Date: 25 Oct 89 00:33:50 GMT
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In article <1989Oct24.164254.3561@agate.berkeley.edu> ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu writes:
>In article <5954@tank.uchicago.edu> phd_jacquier@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes:
>>The next version of word perfect might prove him right. 
>
>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).

Perhaps the solution that's obvious to me is problemmatic: WYSIWYG front
ends like WP that produce TeX output for most purposes, full TeX still
available for those who need more power.  WP->TeX converters are coming
along, and it is all a matter of time.

Also, TeX is ASCII and implementation independent, making it much more
universal for email communication etc.  It will probably remain the
standard intermediate form, perhaps transparently to many users.
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