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Before I started using LaTeX, I was using WordPerfect 5.1 and I was
continually frustated with its equation editor.  It was extremely
disconcerting to move back and forth between the text mode and the
equation mode and the damn thing was (probably still is) full of
bugs.  The elements of an array were usually misaligned and I
had to adjust the spacing of each element by hand.  The equation
editor does not treat an ordinary space as a space, rather like TeX.
But, there are only a few commands for thin space, thick space, etc.,
you cannot specify a distance in cm. or inches.  So, I had to switch
to the so called WYSIWYG mode and adjust everything visually.

I was naturally excited when Wordperfect for Windows came out.  But
one quick look told me that a fully WYSIWYG environment, while fine
for decorating your documents with usesless clip arts, is not
suitable for typing long documents where you might have to change the
formats and revise everything at another person's (your professor's)
whim.  Although I learned LaTeX under the worst possible circumstance,
on a VAX/VMS system with no previewer and I had walk across the
street to pick up the printout, I was sure that I would never go back
to Wordimperfect.  Of course, once I came across OS/2 and emTeX, there
was no cause for complaint at all...

Sincerely,

Sunando Sen
sens@fasecon.econ.nyu.edu