Path: utzoo!yunexus!maccs!fred From: fred@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Fred Whiteside) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Where can I get AmigaTeX Message-ID: <252376A2.18576@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> Date: 29 Sep 89 14:05:22 GMT Article-I.D.: maccs.252376A2.18576 References: <221@digi.UUCP> <856@madnix.UUCP> <228@estinc.UUCP> <1855@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> <19781@unix.cis.pitt.edu> Reply-To: fred@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Fred Whiteside) Organization: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario Lines: 39 In article <19781@unix.cis.pitt.edu> ejkst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Eric J. Kennedy) writes: >In article <1855@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> pepers@cs-sun-fa.UUCP (Bradley Pepers) writes: >> >>Would anyone recomend TeX for writing a book (NOT a manual)? Or would a WP >>like WordPerfect be better? >> >> Brad Pepers > > [...] >Certainly it isn't worth it (IMHO) to learn TeX from scratch simply for >the purpose of typesetting straight text. > >I'm speaking as someone who learned LaTeX in order to typeset a thesis >with a fair number of cited references, cross-references, tables, >figures, and mathematics, (for which it was invaluable); and now that >that's over I'm kind of relieved that I can go back to something >"simple" like WordPerfect when I have simple (compared to a thesis) >writing to do. > >-- >Eric Kennedy >ejkst@cis.unix.pitt.edu I would like to go on record as having an opinion that is diametrically opposed to Eric's. I learner TeX and LaTeX for precisely the same reasons that he did; to prepare a thesis. I now tend to use LaTeX for {\em all} documents that I prepare, including simple memos. Once one gets used to the quality of the documents prepared using LaTeX and TeX, it is difficult to go back. By all accounts, Tom Rokicki's implementation of TeX and LaTeX for the Amiga is the premiere implementation and well worth purchasing. (I have the demo, but was waiting for some cash flow before purchasing.) I would recommend LaTeX and TeX for your book. Cheers, Fred Whiteside fred@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca