X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f9e16,ce34a8b9769b1564,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf9e16,public X-Google-Thread: fc9f9,ce34a8b9769b1564,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfc9f9,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,ce34a8b9769b1564,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: 107d75,ce34a8b9769b1564,start X-Google-Attributes: gid107d75,public X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,81d3009d346555e2 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-23 17:57:59 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.columbus.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!twister.socal.rr.com.POSTED!nothere From: Dave Riker Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.flame.jesus.christ,alt.seduction.fast,comp.text.tex Subject: Re: Do regular user need Linux? References: <10xm8.98924$1g.8098030@bin3.nnrp.aus1.giganews.com> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.1 (PPC) Message-ID: Lines: 41 Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 01:57:41 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.161.162.170 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.socal.rr.com 1016935061 24.161.162.170 (Sat, 23 Mar 2002 17:57:41 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 17:57:41 PST Organization: RoadRunner - West Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:16104 comp.os.linux.advocacy:218155 alt.flame.jesus.christ:74167 alt.seduction.fast:80122 comp.text.tex:43181 In article , Dr Scab wrote: >On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 10:42:31 -0800, in comp.os.linux.advocacy, > (Jim Richardson ) wrote: > >>On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 14:40:06 GMT, >> Geometric Engineer wrote: >>> Curious what you think of Lyx or TeXmacs. Does for instance LyX hinder >>> more than it helps? Is TeXmacs really so useful even though it's not the >>> same at all as a TeX front-end? What about ConTeXt? >>> >>> [http://www.texmacs.org/] >>> [http://www.lehigh.edu/~dlj0/LyriX.html] >>> [http://ds035.xs4all.nl/] >>> >>> On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 02:52:45 GMT, Linonut wrote: >>> >>>>Word is actually pretty krufty. Word 2000, which I use a lot, is >>>>buggy, undependable, often excruciatingly slow, and cannot handle >>>>large documents very well. >>>> >>>>I wish we could us TeX instead. >> >> >>I am just getting into LaTeX, I sometimes use LyX to see how something >>is done, but I don't use it to write whatever it is. I prefer gvim in >>latex mode. Works well for me. YMMV. > >LaTeX really is great. It takes the filthy mess of TeX and makes it usable >again. why the hell is this cross-posted to ASF! For someone who attempts to talk as if they know computers, you sure seem to have your head up your ass about how to send a post. STOP CROSS POSTING DUMBASS! -- --------