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- From: phs172m@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au (Stephen Harker)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: Word Processing software?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.142754.89892@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Date: 26 Aug 92 14:27:54 +1000
- References: <1992Aug24.162012.19396@yang.earlham.edu> <1992Aug25.125923.8170@zip.eecs.umich.edu> <1992Aug25.141843.19400@yang.earlham.edu> <philip.714793164@labtam>
- Organization: Physics Department, Monash University, Australia
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- In article <philip.714793164@labtam>, philip@labtam.labtam.oz.au (Philip Stephens) writes:
- > deviant@yang.earlham.edu writes:
- >
- >>I don't really care about the printing speed. I can't afford anything
- >>other than the ImageWriter II. Besides, I always leave the room and do
- >>something else during the time it takes to print. [...] What I'm getting at
- >>is that I can't work on my thesis (over thirty pages now all together) without
- >>the bloody thing freezing up.
- >
- > Is a WYSIWYG word processor really critial? Why not get hold of a text-based
- > word processor that can use the proportional fonts on an ImageWriter II? They
- > look better than the graphic-based fonts (IMHO) and take less than half the
- > time to print.
- > Of course, if you're looking to generate a wide variety of font sizes and
- > styles for you thesis, I guess you don't have much of an option but to use a
- > WYSIWYG word processor.
-
- For thesis writing I prefer TeX/LaTeX. You can get all the fonts
- and styles you like on the output, but the input is done with a text based
- editor in most implementations. Does automatic referencing of equations,
- figures, citations etc. Depends on where you are coming from of course.
- Unfortunately, there is no TeX implementation on the GS although one was
- being worked on last year.
-
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- Stephen Harker phs172m@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
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