---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mike Meyer [email protected] Date: Oct 7, 2005 12:28 PM Subject: Re: Poor men's scientific workplace. To: Rich Shepard [email protected] Cc: [email protected]

In [email protected], Rich Shepard [email protected] typed:

One of the biggest hurdles for users to pass is the compulsion to tweak minor appearance details.

My explanation of the LaTeX/LyX philosphy is:

Word processors make it easy to get the pages that look exactly like you want them to. LaTeX/LyX makes it easy to get professional looking pages. Unless you're a professional designer of such, the two will be unrelated. Decide which you want, and use the right tool for the job.

<mike -- Mike Meyer [email protected] http://www.mired.org/consulting.html Independent Network/Unix/Perforce consultant, email for more information.

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