From: amillar@netcom.com (Alan Millar) Subject: Re: (was: Re: A Word Processor for Linux) Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1993 23:46:13 GMT
And danodom@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Dan Odom) didst rise up and spake forth:
>yet, name one that is easier to use. I know somebody is going to jump
>in and say WinWord. I say bullshit - any program that requires you to
>move your hands from the keyboard to use it is not worth the floppies
Well, I say bullshit to you, too. It may be a fair to tell people
not to criticise TeX/LaTex until they give it a fair try, but the
same goes for WinWord. If you can't figure out how to use it
without moving your hands from the keyboard, then you obviously
didn't even bother to read the menus or built-in help. I use it
every day without a mouse, and it works just fine.
>>: I am not in my right mind willing to read manual how to center
>>: one line of text and putting it AvantGarde 16pts italic as long...
>
>\font mfont=(whatever)
>\centerline {\mfont This is some text}
>
>A hell of a lot easier than typing the text, moving your hand to the
>mouse, dragging the mouse pointer across the text, hitting M-F-C (I
>think), moving your hand to the mouse AGAIN, changing the font,
>clicking 'OK', and typing C-I.
BZZZT! Sorry, wrong answer. You did a nice job of knocking down
your straw man, but here's how it really works.
To center the text, use ctrl-E. If you can't handle that, use formatT
Paragraph Center: <alt>T P C<return>. All on the menus in front of your
face, no mouse movement.
To change the font and size, first select the text. <Home> <shift-end>
That's it. No mouse movement. What is so hard about that? To change
the font, use the ribbon. Type <ctrl>F and select the font name by
typing in 2 or 3 letters or scroll up and down with the arrow keys.
Use <ctrl>P for the point size, type it in or scroll with the arrow
keys. If you can't handle that, use formaT Character:
<alt> T C <fontname> <tab> <pointsize>. All on the menus in front of
your face, no mouse movement.
> Not to mention easier to remember and
>just a little bit easier to read...
Easier to remember? The menu choice "format" is staring you in the
face! You can't remeber that the "format" menu controls formatting?
Easier to read? Let's see: I can look at this:
\font mfont=(whatever)
\centerline {\mfont This is some text}
or I can actually SEE it centered IN the font. Gee, the first
must be easier to read....
- Alan
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