On Wed, 26 Sep 2007, Manoj Srivastava shared this with us all: >--} On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:05:53 -0700, David Brodbeck >--} <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >--} >--} > On Sep 24, 2007, at 9:39 PM, Russell L. Harris wrote: >--} >> I use XEMacs daily to produce LaTeX documents. I have frequent need >--} >> to search my archives of material I have written in the past, and I >--} >> use grep for this purpose. It is difficult for me to imagine an >--} >> advantage offered by OpenOffice which would compensate for the >--} >> inability to make use of grep in searching my archives. >--} >--} > I think it depends on what you're doing. TeX is awesome for writing >--} > books and scientific papers. If you're writing a letter to Grandma, >--} > though, OpenOffice is better suited. Using TeX for that is a bit like >--} > driving a semi truck to the supermarket to pick up a bottle of milk. >--} >--} I dunno. I have a template for letters all created, with my >--} address, salutations, etc. It prints out an envelope for me as well, >--} All I have to do is type in the content, and the destination. >--} >--} Far, far faster than using openoffice, if you ask me. >--} >--} manoj
I also find using lyx is great for that. Using templates very fast, very clean and all the virtues of great printing and exporting into all kind of file formats for emailing. Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run. .........................Henry David Thoreau <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Debian - Just the best way to do magic. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
