From: ah@alvman.RoBIN.de (Andreas Haakh) Subject: Re: A Better WordProcesso Date: 11 Jun 1993 11:45:30 +0200
jcburt@lill.frmug.fr.mugnet.org (Jcburt) writes:
>Lets see... what you can learn to do in a few minutes in Ami Pro, WP, W4W,
>etc...
>Type a letter...figure out how to set tabs so your headings/date/address
>are correct, let see, where's that set up menu, what mouse/function key/shift
>key/
>control key combination do you use...okay, now type...finished the letter,
>now its time to save it...hmmm whats that key combination again...okay, lets
>print...look at the manual or cheatsheet (template) for the key combination...
>Not too bad...(took a friend of mine half a day to get this far...took another
>friend 10 minutes...:-)
>Lets see... typing a letter in LaTeX...
>\documentstyle{letter}
>\begin{document}
>\address{from address...}
>\signature{my name}
>\begin{letter}{to address...}
>start typing the text of the letter...
>\closing{Sincerely,}
>\end{letter}
>\end{document}
>okay, now type "latex letter"
>"dvips letter"
>Hmmm...doesn't seem *too* much more difficult than WP or any of the others...
Well, now just try to change the header of your letter.
Even if you are familiar with LaTeX: It will take quite alot of time
to solve this problem ...
>The "learning curve" for *any* word processor depends upon what you want to
>do, and what you already know...a "few minutes" is just enough to get your
>foot in the door with *any* word processor (including TeX/LaTeX). To become
>*proficient* with a particular system takes many hours of use...True, there
>is more to learn with TeX/LaTeX, but it can also *do* alot more than your
>typical word processor...compare apples to apples...
>John
I use LaTeX whenever I have to write 'nice' documents.
For normal letters I prefere something like word.
Andreas.
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