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Article #140Re: WYSIWYG
From: Arthur David Olson
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1985 18:25
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1985 18:25
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> This, to me, is one of the strongest reasons why I don't use or like WYSIWYG. > I prefer to concentrate on what my words say, and not on what they look like, > and I want a display that will not distract me with glittery appearance > while I am working on content. I'll second the motion. Truman Capote once dismissed a Jack Kerouac work with the comment "That's not writing--that's typing." Too often these days, the appropriate translation would be "That's not writing--that's typography." -- UUCP: ..decvax!seismo!elsie!ado ARPA: elsie!ado@seismo.ARPA DEC, VAX and Elsie are Digital Equipment and Borden trademarks
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site elsie.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!pyramid!ut-sally!seismo!elsie!ado From: ado@elsie.UUCP (Arthur David Olson) Newsgroups: net.text Subject: Re: WYSIWYG Message-ID: <5318@elsie.UUCP> Date: Tue, 24-Dec-85 13:25:33 EST Article-I.D.: elsie.5318 Posted: Tue Dec 24 13:25:33 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 25-Dec-85 23:31:31 EST References: <2252@glacier.ARPA> <927@mcvax.UUCP> <30@cad.UUCP> <2581@glacier.ARPA> Organization: NIH-LEC, Bethesda, MD Lines: 11 Summary: Trumman Capote on WYSIWYG