Re: LaTeX / Metafont was Re: Arabic transliteration

I don't mind using Word too much, at least as I've got it now - I went
through and disabled all of the automatic marking/altering features.  You
can type whatever you want, in any format you want, and it won't do anything
you didn't tell it to.  I've also made up a number of macros for various
formats, so it's pretty quick to use, but only with the really annoying
stuff turned off.  And I happen to think their cutesy little paper clip is
considerably less functional than a real one.

Joe Fatula


----- Original Message -----
From: "Andreas Johansson" <and_yo@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 12:45 PM
Subject: 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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