Re: A word processor question

Alma Hromic Deckert wrote:
I feel like a total pariah here. I don't CARE how big MS word is, so
long as my computer will run it. I don't CARE that it doesn't show
codes. I LIKE it that I can hit "italic" and it *comes up as italic on
my screen*. I *LIKE* WYSIWYG. I bid farewell to those green-screen
command-line format-as-you-type-with-esoteric-commands word processors
with great glee.

I'm sorry that my discussion of my happiness with things like LaTeX causes you to feel like a pariah. That's not my intent, certainly; given the amount of time we spend writing and the tendency of people to mold their professional tools around their working style in deeply idiosyncratic ways, I'd find it absurd to expect that the same thing would make all of us happy.

And, personally, I'm glad there's no oatmeal shortage.

- Brooks


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