Re: How hard would this be?(Learning LaTex)
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From: "richard lyons" <richard@the-place.net>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 10:01 AM
Subject: Re: How hard would this be?(Learning LaTex)
> On Sunday 27 June 2004 05:21, cecil wrote:
> > Someone told me today at lunch that what with my "wierd obsession",
> > as he called it, to perhaps go without a gui(X), I should try "that
> > latex thingie". My buddy is a real wordmaster. LOL. I did some
> > reading up on it; it's interesting. I never knew that you could do
> > all that with no window system. Does anyone here use it on a regular
> > basis, and if so, how hard is it to use, setup, print, etc? I'm
> > having thoughts of perhaps writing papers this semester in emacs and
> > if this thing... Well, let's just say I'm trying to have an open mind
> > about things. I'm trying not to summarily dismiss thing just because
> > I don't know what they are, or, are not familiar with them.
I used LaTeX way back in 1991 and found it pretty easy to learn and use. The
results blew the pants off anything else at the time, and I suspect would
still blow the pants off anything windoes could muster today. OK, it's not
WYSIWYG but the results are very professional.
Rich.
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