"R. Lahaye" wrote:
>
> Gunnar Lindholm wrote:
> >
> > > Everybody knows that word sucks but most people use it...:P
> > Same goes for SuckOffice.
> > > And there is no win32 LYX yet..
> > Isn't there?
>
> I've never had Window$ on my PC (lucky me, never had to argue
> about that), but I've seen here and there on the internet that
> Cygwin is the key software to implement Unix on W$.
>
> For those who lose the Linux-W$ battle:
> Isn't there a possibility to implement LyX for W$ with:
>
> Cygwin + ... + Xforms + LyX ??
>
> Just a thought.
>
> Rob.
My take is that it isn't Windoze but MSworried that is being required.
It is a bit like the Prussian general with artificial legs. He walked
funny, and hence his army had to march funny too because of his
handicap. It was called the goosestep. The same phenomenon occcurs when
the powers that be require a "standard" that is in fact the LCD of
typesetting --- just because that is all they have mastered.
I recently saw a book "typeset" in MSworried by an Author Who Knows
Better. The text looked like this.
A thought: prepare a typical document both ways and then show management
the differences. Point out the difference between letter kerning and
blank space kerning. Worth a shot. Probably won't work.
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