On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 3:39 PM, Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote:
> I would certainly want an editor to have reasonable handling of text > direction, with the user firmly in control of how the editor behaves. > > I refer to WYSIWYG as what you see is all you get (WYSIAYG), and hate it. > It gives no clue as to what will happen if you make changes, while with a > markup language everything is clear. > I really dislike "Word Processors" like MS Word, or even LibreOffice. Personally, I prefer an explicit "markup language" such as LaTex (using TexStudio) or Docbook or Texinfo. I really liked IBM's Document Composition Facility, back in the day. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > -- I have a theory that it's impossible to prove anything, but I can't prove it. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
