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From: Boyd Roberts <boyd@planete.net>
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From: Allan J. Heim <ajh@netscape.com>
> 
> Having been a troff typesetter in my youth, I'd ask you to consider
> TeX/LaTeX as an alternative. It seems more complex to set up, but it's
> very sophisticated typesetting software, and the community
> (http://www.tug.org/) is very active. There's even a graphical front-end
> for LaTex, called "LyX".

knuth had lost his mind [tex].  lamport was a screwhead [latex].

gimme raw troff anyday...