Re: LaTeX / Metafont was Re: Arabic transliteration

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 use Winshell personally (but on Linux, I'm strongly a X-Emacs person.
> > Sorry, but I still prefer a GUI to a command line :)) ).
>[snip]
>
>Ugh. If you're on Windows, do yourself a favor and install EditPlus
>(www.editplus.com). It's WAY better than notepad or wordpad or any of the
>other monstrosities that ships with Windows. You'll love plain text more
>than you ever imagine you could once you get comfortable using EditPlus.
>To steal an analogy from a coworker, it's like the difference between
>refugee camp and a real residence. :-)
What's wrong with notepad? Once you shift to a monospace font, it's almost
as nice as MS Edit!

                                                    Andreas

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