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From: blbates@AERO4.LARC.NASA.GOV ("Brent L. Bates AAD/TAB MS361 x42854")
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Subject: Re:  Bibliography Systems for IRIS
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Date: 30 Jul 90 11:51:22 GMT
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    I don't know about using any bibliography software, but we use TeX.
    I wouldn't try to write a paper directly in PostScript.  In my branch
we use TeX for three main reasons.  One, it is free and works on
almost any machine.  Two, our Techinical Editting section here at NASA-
Langley uses it.  This helps speed things up when you need to get a paper
published.  Three, it is very powerful and you can run it from any dumb
terminal.  The files are simple text files that can be easily transfered
from machine to machine.  With a dvi to ps filter we can us our PostScript
laser printers.  We don't use LaTeX, because it has a tendency to do things
its own way and doesn't like to let you do it the right way.
    You could also use things like troff and Transcript too.
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	Brent L. Bates
	NASA-Langley Research Center
	M.S. 361
	Hampton, Virginia  23665-5225
	(804) 864-2854
	E-mail: blbates@aero4.larc.nasa.gov or blbates@aero2.larc.nasa.gov