Xref: utzoo comp.text:6547 comp.text.tex:260 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!sdsu!frost From: frost@sdsu.edu (Richard Frost) Newsgroups: comp.text,comp.text.tex Subject: Re: Why learn Tex? Message-ID: <1990Mar3.044504.22818@sdsu.edu> Date: 3 Mar 90 04:45:04 GMT References: <90059.234829GILLA@QUCDN.BITNET> <597@s3.ireq.hydro.qc.ca> <2719@alpha.cam.nist.gov> <1990Mar3.012140.4928@cs.rochester.edu> Reply-To: frost@sdsu.UUCP (Richard Frost) Organization: San Diego State University Math/Sciences Dept. Lines: 30 In article <1990Mar3.012140.4928@cs.rochester.edu> ken@cs.rochester.edu writes: >Markup vs WYSIWYG seems to be one of those personal choices, like >command line interfaces vs iconic interfaces. I suspect it correlates >with personalities that like abstraction vs personalities that like >demonstration. Find the system you are comfortable with and use that. Actually I have very little choice in the matter. The only affordable computing alternative for me is a graphics terminal, with modem and printer. For computing engines I use a Celerity and Cray YMP. The Cray runs a version of system V and the Celerity BSD 4.3 (both Unix). I could have a very stressful life and drive to University to use a Mac for every word processing task, or just do it at home at a more leasurely pace with all the creature comforts. Now like some of you, I was initiated to computing in the early 70's, when the only word-processor available was a markup system--namely runnoff. So Tex doesn't appear bad to me and likewise WYSIWYG is a fantastic improvement. But I have seen only two products for the Word 1 for WP that will approximate the features of BibTex. This is vital to me and as yet, nothing I've seen is good enough to justify a new Workstation at home. P.S. No! I don't use the Cray for wordprocessing !! :-) -- * ** * * *** * * * ** * is **** * it ** * * random ** ? * ********* Richard Frost Mathematical Sciences, SDSU CA 92182 Internet: frost@sdsu.edu