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In article <E5f$a51@cs.psu.edu>  , melling@cs.psu.edu
(Michael D Mellinger)writes 
> numbered?  Everyone in the non-Unix world is using word processors.
> Why aren't Unix people? 

Using an editor and a text formatter (such as (La)TeX or *roff) is more akin
to writing source and using a compiler than conventional word processors.
Many programmers (including myself) prefer this approach for all of the
benefits of the source->compiler->code model:  ASCII sources are generally
more portable, small changes to macros will propagate significant changes
in a consistent manner, other sorts of general tools can be used on the
sources.

To me, writing on a word processing package is like programming
in machine language.  The first runoff-type processors were a big step up;
they are like writing in assembly language.  The more sophisticated systems
like TeX & LaTeX are similar to high-level programming languages.

I also prefer breaking apart the writing from the formatting because it is
easier to concentrate on the content rather than the format
There are too many distractions in a(n) WYSIWYG environment.

Aid.