Eh? You should use TeX.

I hate Windows, but if I want to write my papers without worrying about apps that don't work correctly, I'm stuck with it.

There are always alternatives.

You should use TeX. After all, [link|http://www.tug.org/|TeX] is [link|http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/abcde.html#texbk|nearly bug free] according to Knuth:

I still take full responsibility for the master sources of TeX, METAFONT, and Computer Modern. Therefore I periodically take a few days off from my current projects and look at all of the accumulated bug reports. This happened most recently in 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998, and 2002; following this pattern, I intend to check on purported bugs again in the years 2007, 2013, 2020, 2028, etc. The intervals between such maintenance periods are increasing, because the systems have been converging to an error-free state. The latest and best TeX is currently version 3.141592 (and plain.tex is version 3.1415926); METAFONT is currently version 2.71828 (and plain.mf is version 2.71). All these systems are Y2K-compliant. My last will and testament for TeX and METAFONT is that their version numbers ultimately become $\\pi$ and $e$, respectively. At that point they will be completely error-free by definition.

Rewards

If you do succeed in finding a previously undiscovered bug in the programs for either TeX or METAFONT, I shall gladly pay you a reward of $327.68. Corrections to errors in The TeXbook or The METAFONTbook are worth $2.56, as in all my other books.

;-)

Cheers,
Scott.

Post #95,085 by Another Scott 4/8/03 4:46:57 PM Reply	Eh? You should use TeX. I hate Windows, but if I want to write my papers without worrying about apps that don't work correctly, I'm stuck with it. There are always alternatives. You should use TeX. After all, [link\|http://www.tug.org/\|TeX] is [link\|http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/abcde.html#texbk\|nearly bug free] according to Knuth: I still take full responsibility for the master sources of TeX, METAFONT, and Computer Modern. Therefore I periodically take a few days off from my current projects and look at all of the accumulated bug reports. This happened most recently in 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998, and 2002; following this pattern, I intend to check on purported bugs again in the years 2007, 2013, 2020, 2028, etc. The intervals between such maintenance periods are increasing, because the systems have been converging to an error-free state. The latest and best TeX is currently version 3.141592 (and plain.tex is version 3.1415926); METAFONT is currently version 2.71828 (and plain.mf is version 2.71). All these systems are Y2K-compliant. My last will and testament for TeX and METAFONT is that their version numbers ultimately become $\\pi$ and $e$, respectively. At that point they will be completely error-free by definition. Rewards If you do succeed in finding a previously undiscovered bug in the programs for either TeX or METAFONT, I shall gladly pay you a reward of $327.68. Corrections to errors in The TeXbook or The METAFONTbook are worth $2.56, as in all my other books. ;-) Cheers, Scott.
Post #95,087 by deSitter 4/8/03 5:08:15 PM Reply	Re: Eh? You should use TeX. I have no time to waste on archaisms. I use MathType because it is very fast and easy to use. It outputs TeX for those people who need it. Writing TeX directly is not fit work for Christians :) -drl Though my feet aren't on the ground, I've been standing on the sound Of some open hearted people, going down.
Post #95,088 by hnick 4/8/03 5:12:09 PM Reply	Well, lions don't have the digital dexterity...

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