____/ Linonut on Wednesday 02 January 2008 15:25 : \____
> * Thufir fired off this tart reply:
>
>> On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 10:33:39 -0500, Linonut wrote:
>>
>>> And books? Sure, there are books written using Word. But with LaTex,
>>> the author can also /typeset/ the book.
>>
>> LaTex has a steep learning curve, a word process doesn't.
>
> Use LyX, then.
+1
>> It could be
>> argued that the impetus for a word processor is to make it easier.
>>
>> Anyhow, what do you mean by typeset? In OO, at least, there's "export to
>> pdf", is this along the lines of what's meant by typeset?
>
> Typeset = get ready for output to a typesetting device.
WYSIWYG where one massages text to fit an A4 sheet or whatever is for people
(or kids) who think that writing a letter is like drawing. Too much time gets
spent manually doing what a smart engine can do /for/ you, including the
handling for different types of medium. Some Web page authoring tools adopt
the same broken approach--and it shows.
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