RE: [stellation-res] (Paper stuff)

["Jonathan Gossage" <jgossage@xxxxxxxx>]

> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: stellation-res-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >[mailto:stellation-res-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jim Wright -
> >IBM Research
> >Sent: January 2, 2003 11:06 PM
> >To: stellation-res@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: Re: [stellation-res] (Paper stuff)
> >
> >
> >Hi Jonathan (and everyone) -
> >
> >Just got back from vacation (about 30 minutes ago).
> >
> >I made the switch from Word ''97 and Acrobat to Latex and related
> >tools last year.  It's fairly nice (for straight technical papers) once
> >you've got the basics, especially if you have a Latex guru handy.
> >Getting figures right can be tedious (but the same is true in Word, plus
> >complex Word layouts have a tendency to shift unexpectedly (i.e. when
> >changing your printer, or just Word feels grouchy....))

I have yet to see a user friendly drawing program :-)

> >
> >I run Latex on Win2000 under CygWin, but I think there's a
> >straight Windows
> >port available as well.

I have fould a number of possibilities here, but I think I will use my new
Linux box and use Latex with Xemacs integration.
> >
> > I'll be glad to help (or commiserate) from a Word-to-basic-Latex-user
> > viewpoint - whatever seems appropriate!

I have'nt used a hand coded tag based markup language directly since GPL in
the 1970's! Now I have to deal with Latex and XML :-)

Regards and thanks

Jonathan

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