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From: u14@nikhefh.hep.nl (Daan Josephus Jitta)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.text
Subject: Re: Dissertation on a MAC vs UNIX
Summary: TeX ???
Keywords: bibliographies, index(es), table of contents,
Message-ID: <447@nikhefh.hep.nl>
Date: 3 Apr 88 16:17:28 GMT
References: <2328@uvacs.CS.VIRGINIA.EDU>
Reply-To: u14@nikhefh.hep.nl (Daan Josephus Jitta)
Organization: Nikhef-H, Amsterdam (the Netherlands).
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In article <2328@uvacs.CS.VIRGINIA.EDU> hsd@uvacs.CS.VIRGINIA.EDU (Harry S. Delugach) writes:
>Is there any Mac software that matches the functionality of *troff
>and family? Does anyone out there regularly use embedded citations
>which are gathered at the end of a document? How about footnotes? 
>Does it work for a large document (approx 200 double-spaced pages)?
>What are the pros and cons of either?

What about an implementation of TeX for the Mac? I wrote my thesis at
home on an Atari ST using TeX, and printed it afterwards via the Unix
machine on an Apple LaserWriter. TeX will have all the power you need
(and is cheap)!

Daan Josephus Jitta.