Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!stable.ecn.purdue.edu!yorkw From: yorkw@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Willis F York) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Why is TeX so Great? (want info) Summary: I got to do a paper Keywords: tex report Message-ID: Date: 12 Nov 90 03:34:34 GMT Sender: news@noose.ecn.purdue.edu (USENET news) Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Lines: 36 Well due to being required to take an english course i have to write a paper so i decided on a topic i am interested in. TeX! Now i want to know what all of the TeXperts out there Like soo much about TeX. (Kinda general huh..) some specifics, (But don't limit your self to these) 1) Why is a "Language" like program soo much better then a WYSIYUG program a) Why is TeX better then WORD (Ick) b) That can ya do with TeX that ya can't with 2) How advanced is the "macro" ability, and what's a good way to prove this. 3) I am still learning about TeX and TeX related topics, Is there a good place i can find a Glossery of "TeX terms" like what's a file.sty file? I know now it's a Style File, but what's that? 4) Why is TeX better then Troff or Nroff. (dvi files for one) 5) What's this about DVI files and professional typsetting machines. The audience for my paper is to be "people who could benifit from TeX" so i need to have nice clear definitions. ----- yorkw@ecn.purdue.edu -- yorkw@ecn.purdue.edu Willis F York ---------------------------------------------- Macintosh... Proof that a Person can use a Computer all day and still not know ANYTHING about computers.