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From: wbralick@afit-ab.arpa (Will Bralick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Amiga TeX (was: Re: WordPerfect dumps Amiga)
Message-ID: <1095@afit-ab.arpa>
Date: 11 May 89 04:12:41 GMT
References: <1077@afit-ab.arpa> <8036@killer.Dallas.TX.US>
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In article <8036@killer.Dallas.TX.US> elg@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Eric Green) writes:

)For heavy-duty tasks (e.g. 100 page manuals), TeX/LaTex is more likely
)to be satisfying than Excellence. For shorter messages with imbedded
)Amiga graphics, a desktop-publishing package such as, e.g., PageStream
)(when they get all the bugs out), will do much better. Excellence is
)really of use only when you want all of the above, and it's not really
)satisfying for anything larger than a form letter. And if TeX had
)graphics capabilities (does AmigaTeX? The version I've used under Unix
)doesn't), you wouldn't want Excellence even for that. 

I've used a SUN TeX system (written by somebody with the initials T.R.:-)
and it has something called FIG that you can use to do graphics and
embed them in you document.  Is this available for the Amy?

Regards,

-- 
Will Bralick                          |  ... when princes think more of
     wbralick@blackbird.afit.af.mil   |  luxury than of arms, they lose
     wbralick@afit-ab.arpa            |  their state.
with disclaimer;  use disclaimer;     |             - Niccolo Machiavelli