Re: LaTeX / Metafont was Re: Arabic transliteration

 --- Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...> wrote: >
Teoh wrote:
> >I definitely do NOT like WYSIAYG editors; recent
> ones are esp.
> >annoying in assuming they know what you want (and
> get it wrong, and then
> >you waste time trying to undo what it shouldn't
> have done in the first
> >place). I hate software that tries to be "smart"
> when the user knows
> >better.
>
> My present most-hated feature is the Swedish version
> of Word's stylistics
> checker. It's got a list of words that it marks as
> grammatical errors, and
> when you check what's "wrong" it tells you that word
> X sounds formal and
> could better be avoided in non-formal writing. It's
> bad enough that a such
> unsophisticated piece of software pretends to make
> stylistic decisions
> better than the user, but when I do write something
> in Word it's practically
> always rather to highly formal stuff. It's not like
> I'm in the habit of
> writing personal letters or the like in it.
>
i have one ( and only one ) solution if you're landed
with word : go to autocorrect and turn EVERYTHING off

once it stops trying to be clever word becomes almost
managable . . .

. . . until it starts eating your tables,
misunderstanding other versions of itself, going
glitchy on your styles . . . aaaaargh !

bn

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bnathyuw | landan | arR
stamp the sunshine out | angelfish
your tears came like anaesthesia | phèdre

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