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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 Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-pull.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-11.sprintlink.net!news.rain.net!PolarNet!icefog.polarnet.com!not-for-mail From: floyd@icefog.polarnet.com (Floyd L. Davidson) Subject: Re: Betting on Unix Message-ID: <5ges6r$qbm@icefog.polarnet.com> Date: 15 Mar 1997 10:10:19 -0900 References: <5d3sr2$44n@nntp1.best.com> <5f6fhq$el0@faculty.ed.umuc.edu> <5fsihd$oa7@bignews.shef.ac.uk> <3329C2AC.2BBA2273@decan.com> Organization: _________ Reply-To: floyd@polarnet.com Lines: 30 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:164557 comp.os.linux.networking:72004 comp.os.linux.setup:102614 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:6332 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2805 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:56963 comp.os.os2.advocacy:274884 In article <3329C2AC.2BBA2273@decan.com>, S. F. Thomas <sthomas@decan.com> wrote: >Earl H. Kinmonth wrote: > >> Since when are Windows programmes blindingly easy to use? >> >> For me, use vi with [nt]roff and doing something like >> >> .IP tag number > >I'm another "old-timer" who never made the switch. I still >use vi with groff to produce documents, and dread those >times when I have to use WordPerfect, for example, to >harmonize with colleagues. > >I thought I was a hold-out. I'm discovering there're a >lot of people besides myself who'd rather fight than switch. You certainly could improve your efficiency by switching... but not to WP or anything like it. Try TeX or LaTeX instead of groff, and you'll never look back. (Well, not unless you write man pages for unix, which is still best done with groff, of course.) Floyd -- Floyd L. Davidson floyd@polarnet.com Salcha, Alaska or: floyd@tanana.polarnet.com