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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!lucy.swin.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.kei.com!news.texas.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.mathworks.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.bctel.net!not-for-mail From: edward@islandnet.com Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Re: Betting on Unix Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 21:21:53 GMT Organization: A poorly-installed InterNetNews site Lines: 32 Message-ID: <330a1d23.2419719@172.15.0.208> References: <5d3sr2$44n@nntp1.best.com> <5dbapu$t1f$1@nntp2.ba.best.com> <x7n2ti4s7i.fsf@dumbcat.codewright.com> <5dc7qq$hed@phoenix.sysbe.sysgo.de> <5ddcvf$4dh@sun20.ccd.bnl.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: mail.visionary-solutions.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99g/32.339 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:159700 comp.os.linux.networking:69112 comp.os.linux.setup:98433 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:6036 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2552 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:53647 comp.os.os2.advocacy:268566 On 6 Feb 1997 19:55:27 GMT, fang@sun2.bnl.gov (-min fang) wrote: >In article <5dc7qq$hed@phoenix.sysbe.sysgo.de>, >Robert Kaiser <rob@charlie.sysbe.sysgo.de> wrote: >>In article <x7n2ti4s7i.fsf@dumbcat.codewright.com>, >> Marco S Hyman <marc@dumbcat.codewright.com> writes: >>>vss@shell2.ba.best.com (V.S. Senthilkumar) writes: >>> >>>> Tell me a cheap and good word processing application for unix? >>> >>>1) emacs + groff (preview with the -X option if using X). >>>2) emacs + [La]TeX >>> >>Oh, come on! This just doesn't compare to WinWord. I was about to mention > >Of course, it doesn't compare to WinWord. Unless you point a gun to >my head, I would rather use emacs+Latex than WinWord. > >>Rob >> emacs is also nearly as bad as vi(le), and latex.. well enough said, you need a Masters in Computer Science just to understand the bloody thing (which I incidently have, yet still don't!) eaustin@visionary-solutions.com Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer That Bill so loved the PC, that he gave his only Windows, so that all who useth it, may have everlasting GUI. - Gospel of Gates - Bill 3:16 Member : Team Gates - Supporting Bill around the World www.teamgates.com