From: Boyd Roberts <boyd@planete.net>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] off topic: troff book
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 07:44:46 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <002a01c00a26$b2161300$6c079486@phrhr> (raw)
>I didn't switch to tex when it came out because it just seemed like
>the same thing packaged differently. It didn't seem like an
>improvement. As time has passed, I have come to understand that it
>does equations better, which many people care about, and is free,
>which many people care about. Those are its advantages.
'bout sums it up from what i realised when i had to write a paper
using latex. what does it give me except another tedious interface
with a lot of formating noise? what value does it add?
after reading lamport's book i decided he didn't understand
the problem. hence, my earlier comment, fueled a bit by
the member or research staff / member of technical staff
woes (i was an MTS).
next reply other threads:[~2000-08-19 21:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2000-08-19 21:44 Boyd Roberts [this message]
2000-12-27 19:26 James A. Robinson
2001-01-02 17:44 ` John E. Gwyn
2001-01-05 9:48 ` Allan J. Heim
2001-01-05 14:54 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-01-05 19:29 ` Steve Kilbane
2001-01-06 17:53 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-01-07 1:20 ` Steve Kilbane
2001-01-02 10:54 steve.simon
2001-01-03 8:29 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-01-05 9:49 ` [9fans] " John E. Gwyn
2001-01-05 14:52 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-01-07 15:17 rob pike
2001-01-08 9:54 ` Luis Fernandes
2001-01-08 16:18 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-01-08 20:07 ` Dan Cross
2001-01-12 9:32 ` saroj
2001-01-12 17:17 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-01-12 17:51 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-01-16 16:25 ` saroj
2001-01-12 18:20 ` William K. Josephson
2001-01-12 18:51 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-01-16 16:31 ` saroj
2001-01-08 17:19 ` James A. Robinson
2001-01-08 19:21 ` Howard Trickey
2001-01-09 9:38 ` Andy Newman
2001-01-09 9:54 ` Boyd Roberts
2001-01-10 0:16 ` Steve Kilbane
2001-01-11 9:50 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2001-01-08 10:29 John A. Murdie
2001-01-08 15:06 ` Mark C. Otto
2001-01-08 15:17 John A. Murdie
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