[rescue] Re: nuking from orbit

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 10:53:19AM -0500, BSD Bob the old greybeard BSD freak wrote:
> Golly, I must be the odd greybeard critter, in the hurd.  I still consider
> vi (coupled with troff and maybe TeX) as some of the best word ``processors''
> around, bar none, and miles ahead of Gatesware in most cases.  It's all in
> how you use the tools.  Folks don't learn how to use their tools well, mostly,
> in Gatesware, because you have to do it their way, and their way only.
> It is much faster and easier to runoff a memo in vi/troff than Word, I find.
> With vi and troff, you had better learn what you are doing, because it won't
> do it for you.  But, you are right, the average CEO does not learn how to
> use tools, he barks the commands to others to do it for him.  I always get
> a good chuckle out of the secretaries around here, trying to coerce Word
> into doing something, especially on large documents.  When I see what it
> is they are trying to do, e.g., move margins, global settings, etc., I
> tell myself, ``Self, that is a simple 1 liner change in a troff/TeX file,
> using vi, and it's done.....''.   An hour later, the secretaries are still
> pfutzing and tearing their hair out.  The problem seems to stem from how folks
> adjusted to Gatesware think about document preparation and layout.  Still,
> I gotta give the devil some due, since they can do some nice color things
> on winblows.

What color thing can't be done on unix/in latex?

Also, know of any good places online to learn to do letters and memos in
troff?

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd