From: JimDiamond@jdvb.ca   
      
   On 2023-03-15 at 03:26 ADT, Henrik Carlqvist    
   wrote:   
   > On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 21:14:19 -0300, Jim Diamond wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2023-03-12 at 08:04 ADT, Henrik Carlqvist   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>> This is true, if you are only writing some programming documentation   
   >>> like some design description or a requirement specification most people   
   >>> will find it easier and more efficient to use som graphical office   
   >>> application like LibreOffice or MS Word.   
      
   >> That presumes they know one of those; not everyone who does software   
   >> development was indoctrinated into the M$ tool space.  I've seen people   
   >> use all sorts of tools to produce documentation.  (Sometimes even just   
   >> ordinary plain text!)   
      
   > Yes, but the learning curve will not be as steep for a graphical office   
   > application as for Latex.   
      
   I think that is true to a point.  A brand new can bang out a word-processor   
   document with little help.  However, if one wants to learn the "advanced"   
   features of word processors there will be a non-trivial learning curve   
   there as well.  But it seems a lot of people (that I've seen) never get   
   much beyond the beginner stage with word processors, and maybe this   
   (alleged at least by me) learning curve is the reason for it.   
      
   Having said that, you can bang out a simple document in plain TeX if you   
   just know enough to put "\bye" or "\end" at the end.  (And you need to know   
   how to use some text editor, of course.)   
      
   > However, once you learn Latex you can use the same favorite editor for   
   > your documentation as you use for programming.   
      
   I agree whole-heartedly.  The "editor" in word-processors is one of the   
   things I really detest about them.   
      
   I've never used Lyx, but I wonder how someone who knows nothing about   
   either word processors or LaTeX, given Lyx, would compare to someone who is   
   given a word processor to use.   
      
   In any case, I still think that the current state of LaTeX is a botch.   
   Perhaps when LaTeX 3 comes out it won't be such a mess.   
      
                                   Jim   
      
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