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From: cik@l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin)
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Subject: Re: Yuppie software
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Date: 8 Feb 88 17:51:01 GMT
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There are many reasons why such processors as TeX are difficult for the
author to use.  These objections would not be as strong if it is assumed
that the original is handwritten.

I prefer to compose my mathematical papers on the computer.  I type faster
than I can write, and I have no difficulty thinking ahead of my typing.
However, I want to see what I am producing, and this cannot be done in
a non-WYSUWYG manner.  Windowed previewers are not adequate unless the
screen supports a great many lines.  Sometimes I want columnar output;
the input is almost completely unreadable in something like TeX.  I do
not consider previewers as reasonable alternatives.

To those who say that WYSIWYG means that "What you get is only what you
see," I reply, "Why?"  There is no reason that I can see for this, and I
suggest we call the resulting system WYSIAWYG.
-- 
Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907
Phone: (317)494-6054
hrubin@l.cc.purdue.edu (ARPA or UUCP) or hrubin@purccvm.bitnet
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