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Subject: Re: The problem with not owning the software
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 18:50:42 -0500
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On 12/29/24 3:17 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> On 2024-12-29 07:58, rbowman wrote:
>> On Sun, 29 Dec 2024 01:43:11 +0000, Ant wrote:
>>
>>> What do you use to edit/create documents and spreadsheets with others?
>>
>> I don't. Anything I create is done with Vim. For external use we have 
>> tech
>> writers that make it pretty. My attempts to edit RFPs with LibreOffice
>> don't work well, so I either use Vim and reference the sections or print
>> relevant pages and use a pen.
> 
> Amazing that none of you has mentioned latex. You can edit documents 
> with vi.

Good point.  I have friends who used to use latex quite a bit for large 
documents with interesting formatting needs.

There also was Encapsulated Postscript (EPS) too...I don't know much 
more about it, other than MS dropped support of it after Word 5.


-hh