Good WPs for books?

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From: Robin Faichney
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1991 14:51

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I'm familiar with using vi+troff under UNIX for reports and so forth,
but I'm about to embark on writing a book on a PC, and I know nothing
about either PCs or wordprocessing other than vi+troff.

I've heard that many of the well known WPs are not really suitable for
books -- they are not designed to cope with the size, for one thing.
Also, I don't really want to pay for facilities like graphics-handling
which I'll never use.

Can anyone recommend a suitable WP for me?  I've heard that LaTex is
available for PCs, and I'm sure it's good for books.  Can anyone tell
me more?

Email and I'll post a summary if there's interest.  Thanks alot.
-- 
Robin Faichney  (this is not a signature)

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