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Re: installation party



On Tue, 15 Oct 1996, Tuvik Beker wrote:

> > A. I don't know TeX
> > B. it's not Wysiwyg, there's a point when one stops being a snob and uses
> > the better product, even if it only runs on the less favourable platform.
> 
> Just to set things right - TeX was designed as a _technical_ formatting
> system, mainly for scientific usage. As such, it is probably still the
> best tool around - certainly much superior to Word. It may not be
> suitable for your needs, though, which is a different story altogether.

it's STILL not wysiwyg, and I was trying to design an ad that looks nice
and not "scientificly right". I still think TeX is obsolete in many
ways... Automation has a lot going for it (and btw, show me more than 10
REALLY important features word lacks over TeX... I believe there are only
a few but not many)

> > C. I don't think my printer will accept a TeX file, let alone a non-MSDOS
> > diskette.
> 
> That's really a minor problem. The output of TeX is *.dvi, which is
> easily converted to *.ps by dvips. If your printer does not speak
> postscript (most laser printers do) you can always filter the .ps file
> through ghostscript.

sorry... by "printer" I meant "ISH DFUS" and not "MADPESET" :-)
one more reason why I couldn't print it and send it to the printer shop is
that I don't have a laser printer handy, and mine prints at 300 dpi
graphics and 600 dpi text... (bloody deskjets. beware consumers!). one
thing I can promise you: when I'll buy a laser, it WILL know postscript.

> Sorry for the off-topicness of my remarks, but I felt obliged to stand
> up and defend TeX ;-)

yep, that wraps it up (off the list and to private mail we go if you want
to carry this on)


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