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| From | owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: Gotta' Love Linux |
| Date | 2017-04-21 15:30 +0000 |
| Organization | O.W.L. |
| Message-ID | <zi0gav.u@rooftop.invalid> (permalink) |
| References | (5 earlier) <mg4ffclu701falfkipg0qf582gng07uhi6@4ax.com> <oda2bq$ffv$1@dont-email.me> <73109d30-138e-4ff0-88ef-578529885a7d@googlegroups.com> <shzub0338.3h@rooftop.invalid> <odcudm$5jb$1@dont-email.me> |
Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote: > owl wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties: > >> -highhorse <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote: >>> On Thursday, April 20, 2017 at 6:29:18 AM UTC-4, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: >>>> >>>> <brevsnip> >>>> >>>> Heh, reminds me of grad school, where I was composing my Ph.D. dissertation >>>> using a mark-up language called DPS that was roughly similar to TeX. >>> >>> An undergraduate student group that I'm still in occasional contact with >>> had a project where they were using TeX for an annual publication. >>> If memory serves, the pub was around 200 pages (single spaced), but with >>> changing times, it has since been moved off of TeX. Believe that it is now >>> on MS-Word, as it makes soft & hard prints via Adobe PDF ... and quite >>> reliably so: last month they were able to make some 11th hour revisions >>> and then send 100 copies of it off to the printers for a <8 hour turnaround >>> on an update. >> >> If only someone could figure out how to generate pdf documents from latex... > > LOL The -highhorse sure is a numbnuts, isn't he? > > Why the HELL would I pay Adobe and Microsoft to do what I can do without > cost, and faster, with vi, LaTeX, and pdflatex? > > And it *is* possible to convert LaTeX to Word (RTF), though the resulting > document will still need some tweaking. > > By the way, my favorite PDF viewing tool now is zathura, configured > with a nice color scheme and vi-keystroke goodness. > apvlv is pretty cool also. > "<8 hour turnaround" LOL >
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Re: Gotta' Love Linux Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-20 06:21 -0400
Re: Gotta' Love Linux William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2017-04-20 11:47 +0100
Re: Gotta' Love Linux Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-20 07:55 -0400
Re: Gotta' Love Linux chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-20 07:22 -0500
Re: Gotta' Love Linux William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2017-04-20 13:29 +0100
Re: Gotta' Love Linux chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-20 07:49 -0500
Re: Gotta' Love Linux DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-21 10:32 -0400
Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 15:36 -0700
Re: Gotta' Love Linux William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2017-04-20 13:28 +0100
Re: Gotta' Love Linux -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2017-04-20 05:15 -0700
Re: Gotta' Love Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-20 17:17 +0000
Re: Gotta' Love Linux Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-20 12:22 -0500
Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 10:51 -0700
Re: Gotta' Love Linux chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-20 12:55 -0500
Re: Gotta' Love Linux RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 18:06 +0000
Re: Gotta' Love Linux Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 11:19 -0700
Re: Gotta' Love Linux Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-20 13:56 -0500
Re: Gotta' Love Linux Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 12:00 -0700
Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 12:32 -0700
Re: Gotta' Love Linux Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-22 09:05 -0700
Re: Gotta' Love Linux Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-21 08:49 -0400
Re: Gotta' Love Linux chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 08:02 -0500
Re: Gotta' Love Linux RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2017-04-21 13:17 +0000
Re: Gotta' Love Linux Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-21 10:13 -0500
Re: Gotta' Love Linux DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-21 11:20 -0400
Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 15:35 -0700
Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 15:33 -0700
Re: Gotta' Love Linux -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2017-04-21 08:38 -0700
Re: Gotta' Love Linux Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-21 08:32 -0400
Re: Gotta' Love Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-21 15:30 +0000
Re: Gotta' Love Linux Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-21 19:19 -0400
Re: Gotta' Love Linux -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2017-04-21 08:55 -0700
Re: Gotta' Love Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-21 18:19 +0000
Re: Gotta' Love Linux -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2017-04-21 15:44 -0700
Re: Gotta' Love Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-22 00:16 +0000
Re: Gotta' Love Linux Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-22 07:47 -0400
Re: Gotta' Love Linux Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-22 08:49 -0400
Re: Gotta' Love Linux -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2017-04-22 13:14 -0700
Re: Gotta' Love Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-22 21:38 +0000
Re: Gotta' Love Linux -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2017-04-22 14:52 -0700
Re: Gotta' Love Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-22 22:09 +0000
Re: Gotta' Love Linux DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-22 20:59 -0400
Re: Gotta' Love Linux -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2017-04-22 18:18 -0700
Re: Gotta' Love Linux DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-22 22:00 -0400
Re: Gotta' Love Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-23 14:22 +0000
Re: Gotta' Love Linux DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-23 10:37 -0400
Re: Gotta' Love Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-23 15:37 +0000
Re: Gotta' Love Linux DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-23 12:21 -0400
Re: Gotta' Love Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-23 17:05 +0000
Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-23 10:17 -0700
Re: Gotta' Love Linux Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2017-04-23 10:49 -0500
Re: Gotta' Love Linux DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-23 12:21 -0400
Re: Gotta' Love Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-23 14:15 +0000
Re: Gotta' Love Linux DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-23 10:53 -0400
Re: Gotta' Love Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-23 15:09 +0000
Re: Gotta' Love Linux DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-23 12:20 -0400
Re: Gotta' Love Linux owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2017-04-23 17:23 +0000
Re: Gotta' Love Linux RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2017-04-22 23:14 +0000
Re: Gotta' Love Linux -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2017-04-22 18:49 -0700
Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-22 22:59 -0700
Re: Gotta' Love Linux DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2017-04-22 20:55 -0400
Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-22 23:00 -0700
Gotta' Love LaTeX Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-22 07:32 -0400
Re: Gotta' Love Linux Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2017-04-21 19:31 -0400
Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 16:45 -0700
Re: Gotta' Love Linux -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2017-04-21 17:51 -0700
Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 10:41 -0700
Re: Gotta' Love Linux Silver Slimer <sl@im.er> - 2017-04-20 08:26 -0400
Re: Gotta' Love Linux Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-20 09:08 -0700
Re: Gotta' Love Linux Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2017-04-20 09:27 -0700
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