word processing

[Alexios Chouchoulas]

On Sat, 10 Jan 1998 keramida at ceid.upatras.gr wrote:

> Upside: mporeis ama to ma0eis va gemiseis mia selida me tupous kai
> sumbola, xwris va se gam*ve saravta wres ta fobera mevou tou
> FoomaraSoft Equation Editor 3.1415(service pack 69).

  Sas parakalw, kyrie mou. H ekdosh 3.14159 einai pronomio tou LaTeX 2e kai
mono. :-)

  Sobara pantws, to TeX/LaTeX (and friends) einai pragmatika eksairetiko
paketo gia akadhmaiko kai episthmoniko grapsimo. Exei aftomatopoihmena kolpa
pou den mporeis na kaneis me tipota allo. Kai kyriws kserei tous kanones ths
stoixeiothesias opote den xreiazetai na tous matheis esy (diaforoi xrhstes
epeksergastwn keimenou pistevoun oti h stoixeiothesia einai na ksereis ti
perithwria na dialekseis kai ti megethos font na baleis -- kanoun lathos kai
fysika dhmiourgoun aisxra keimena apo aisthitikh plevra).


> P.S: Egw grafw oles mou tis ergasies se plain TeX ki opoios
> Word-luser to akouei arxizei va xavei trixes sav to skulo tou Gef !!!

  Plain TeX; Xm, polloi th briskoun me to sketo TeX. Proswpika protimw to
LaTeX giati mporw na tou kotsarw packages pou kanoun thn douleia mou xwris
na kathomai na kanw define ta panta me to xeri.


> * Grafeis papers ('n avtistoixa 0eleis va grapseis papers) ?
> 
> 	Apavtnsn: 0eleis eite plain TeX eite LaTeX!
> 
> * Grafeis mpakaloxarta, ravasakia kai alla tetoiou eidous grafeiokratika
> 	kataskeuasmata ?
> 
> 	Apavtnsn: Pare to Word va gelasei to xeilaki mou kai ligo!

  Xi xi xi xi. But seriously, folks. Allo pragma kanei to Word, allo to
[La]TeX. To Word einai gia lusers pou den mporoun na diabasoun manuals kai
den tous noiazei an xrhsimopoioun atimwrhta ragged edges, 9-10 fonts ana
selida (if we're lucky) kai ypogrammiseis anti gia italics (MPLIAX). To TeX
kai to LaTeX th spane se poly kosmo, alla den akousa pote kanenan na
paraponietai afou ta emathe. To output tou LaTeX einai toso kalaisthito
(eidika an allakseis kai ta fonts ligo -- ta computer modern einai poly
omorfa alla deixnoun kai ligo thn hlikia tous) pou den sygkrinetai me
tipota. Prosthese kai tis apisteftes dynatothtes pou exei kai ekei
teleiwnoun ola gia tous epeksergastes keimenou.

  Pros apofygh pareksigisewn apo Word freaks:

  TeX: Document Preparation System. Sxediasthke sta telh ths dekaetias tou
'70 apo ton megisto hyperguru Donald Knuth (paw na plynw ta daxtyla mou).

  Word: Word Processor. Ylopoiithike (thn sxediash thn phdhksan, den eixe
plaka) peri ta 15 xronia meta apo tous Yious tou Satana.

  Eimai apaisios fysika, alla einai prospatheia xioumor. Ta dyo systhmata
plhroun diaforetikes proypotheseis kai skopous.

  <BIGOT> Alla to [La]TeX einai kalytero </BIGOT> :-)


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