From: alawrenc@sobeco.com (a.lawrence) Subject: Re: DOS emulation under PD unix.. Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 21:53:50 GMT
In <1992Sep27.035127.6838@serval.net.wsu.edu> hlu@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (H.J. Lu) writes:
>In article <badger.717563481@phylo> badger@phylo.life.uiuc.edu (Jonathan Badger) writes:
>>Does anyone really want to remember some obscure macro to do something like
>>create a footnote? Ancient PC software like PC-Write used to use imbedded
>>commands like TeX does, but software in DOS-land has since evolved beyond
>>the Precambrian. I'm still amazed that UNIX which has such fine development
>>tools has such primitive applications... maybe because most UNIX users
>>write code but don't run apps? This is not a cut at the Tex enthusists out
>>there - you have my admiration (& sympathy) to write your 500 page dissertationswith what is basically an expanded nroff :).
>>TeX does have a future - as an output format created by wysiwyg X editors...
>>.
>Under LaTeX, footnote is semi-automatic, you just say
>\footnote {
>This is footnote.
>}
>It will be placed at the buttoom of the page automatically.
>H.J.
Until the Unix people learn to use some to the more advanced applications
available in the PC/MAC market place they won't really know what they are
missing. Until I can get Word Perfect running under Linux and find a
spreadsheet capabable of competing with Excel I am going to have to keep
my business activities running under MS-DOS.
BTW: Is there any why to get DVI files output to a dot-matrix printer. I'm
not overly concerned about time, but quality is very important. Right
now I am unable to print anything except straight ASCII, and I have even
been able to determine how to create and use accented characters yet.
(Have my work is for French speaking clients :-) ).
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