Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!nuchat!sugar!peter From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Another silly ad idea (sorry) Message-ID: <1127@sugar.UUCP> Date: Sat, 28-Nov-87 09:32:59 EST Article-I.D.: sugar.1127 Posted: Sat Nov 28 09:32:59 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 1-Dec-87 00:59:43 EST References: <4241@garfield.UUCP> <7200033@uiucdcsm> Organization: Sugar Land UNIX - Houston, TX Lines: 12 Summary: Troff has its place. > > Troff? The non-WYSIWYG thing with the cryptic commands? Get real :-). > > I'm trying :-)! Let's face it, troff is stone-age text formatting. Troff is a different SORT of program than pagesetter. I wouldn't expect you to do a fancy newsletter with graphics and images in Troff. On the other hand, I'd hate to enter a book into Pagesetter. It's like the difference between a spreadsheet and a programming language. You can write programs in Lotus, but anything complex will be easier in Modula or 'C'. -- -- Peter da Silva `-_-' ...!hoptoad!academ!uhnix1!sugar!peter -- Disclaimer: These U aren't mere opinions... these are *values*.