Re: Why troff?

Article View: comp.text

Article #3377

#3377

From: Arthur David Olson
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 1987 16:14

13 lines
1195 bytes

> besides there are lots of really simple WYSIWYG formatters around today,
> so convenience seems unlikely as well. ...

The correct acronym is "WYSIWYSW":  "What You See Is What You're Stuck With."
Avoiding getting stuck with what you see is one of the big reasons for using
troff--especially when it comes time to move the footnotes from the bottoms of
the pages to the end of the article (to make the journalmeisters happy).
--
TeX is a trademark--at the moment, I forget whose.
ACRONYM stands for Abbreviative Character Reduction of Names Yielding Mnemonics.
--
	UUCP: ..decvax!seismo!elsie!ado   ARPA: elsie!ado@seismo.ARPA
	DEC, VAX, Elsie & Ado are Digital, Borden & Ampex trademarks.

Technical Details

Message-ID: <7323@elsie.UUCP>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!elsie!ado

References: <362@linus.UUCP> <7592@utzoo.UUCP>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!elsie!ado
From: ado@elsie.UUCP (Arthur David Olson)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: Why troff?
Message-ID: <7323@elsie.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 3-Feb-87 11:14:28 EST
Article-I.D.: elsie.7323
Posted: Tue Feb  3 11:14:28 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Feb-87 04:17:57 EST
References: <362@linus.UUCP> <7592@utzoo.UUCP>
Organization: NIH-LEC, Bethesda, MD
Lines: 13
Keywords: TeX, troff
Summary: WYSIWYSW

Reply to Parent Message