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Article #581Re: WYSIWYG = DIY (=hubris)
From: Herman Rubin
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1989 19:07
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1989 19:07
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In article <387@kunivv1.sci.kun.nl>, eykhout@kunivv1.sci.kun.nl (Victor Eijkhout) writes: > Conjecture: wysiwig systems are for people who make their own > layout, and who have decided on the definitive layout > before they started keying in the text. This I think is a wrong > way of working. I think I have a right to say this, because I've > produced some 'master pieces of the printing art', and the design > was done by a pro, and only after I had finished the text. WYSIWYG systems are the only reasonable thing for someone writing the paper. When I compose my articles, I prefer to putting the stuff on the screen instead of on pieces of paper. I have written papers using TeX, and it is a real pain. There is no reason why a WYSIWYG system cannot be augmented into a TeX- like system. In any case, it should produce output which can be easily and mainly mechanically converted into a typesetting language. -- Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907 Phone: (317)494-6054 hrubin@l.cc.purdue.edu (Internet, bitnet, UUCP)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!purdue!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!l.cc.purdue.edu!cik From: cik@l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: WYSIWYG = DIY (=hubris) Summary: WYSIWYG is for writing, not typesetting. Message-ID: <1499@l.cc.purdue.edu> Date: 15 Aug 89 19:07:56 GMT References: <210927@<1989Jul28> <8800031@m.cs.uiuc.edu> <387@kunivv1.sci.kun.nl> Organization: Purdue University Statistics Department Lines: 21