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Article #120Re: so-called 'power' of TeX/Scribe/troff
From: Ed Nather
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1985 14:58
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1985 14:58
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In article <2455@glacier.ARPA>, reid@glacier.ARPA (Brian Reid) writes:
> [...] I don't want the average hack at a
> word processing terminal to be using a text formatter that will let him
> have any control whatsoever over the appearance of the finished document.
>
Thank you, Brian. You have put our basic difference of opinion very clearly,
far more clearly than I could ever have done. I'm not sure I qualify as
"...the average hack at a word processing terminal ..." but I certainly *do*
want to have control over the appearance of my finished document, which you
have very successfully prevented me from doing with Scribe. That's why I
will never use it again.
--
Ed Nather
Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin
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