Lightning TeXtures !!!

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From: Victor Eijkhout
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 21:59

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Now, I know that Blue Sky Research did not intend Lightning TeXtures
as a hacker's tool, but it sure can be used that way.

(For those of you who havent' heard of LT: it is a very fast -- assembler ! --
implementation of TeX that continually reformats your input and displays
this in the preview window. Every time you press a key, I think.)

When I heard about this, I thought ``Ho hum. Nice for wysiwyg types.''
But when I tried it lately I found that it is terribly useful for
testing out macros and parameter changes. It is strange how
a simple speedup in the turnaround cycle (ofabout a factor
of 10 to 100 :-) changes your perspective.

Oh well. Just thought I'd be enthousiastic for a second ...

Victor.

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From: eijkhout@cupid.cs.utk.edu (Victor Eijkhout)
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Subject: Lightning TeXtures !!!
Date: 29 Jul 92 21:59:57 GMT
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