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From: Dickson@system-m.az05.bull.com (Paul Dickson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: An interesting idea...
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Date: 10 May 91 04:44:32 GMT
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Michael D Mellinger <melling@cs.psu.edu> writes:
    I don't really know TeX, but it is for writing documents, especially
    ones with a lot of mathematical symbols.  To italicize something you
    would write \em{NeXT} (Something like this).  There tools for two
    different jobs.

TeX is a macro language for electronic typesetting.  Because it is a
language, it is possible to do things not possible in wordprocessing
applications.  It's also possible to use your favorite editor to work on
the input file.

I use TeX to publish a monthly newsletter.  After creating the macros,
all I usually need to do is fill in the blanks.  Though most people use
the more limited form of TeX called LaTeX.