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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: The problem with not owning the software
Date: 29 Dec 2024 21:16:51 GMT
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On Sun, 29 Dec 2024 21:17:16 +0100, 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.

The only things I know about latex are gloves and paint. It goes back to 
never needing to make documents look pretty. I do know a little about 
nenscript from a programming aspect. We used a modified version to allow 
for headers, footers, and font selection for printed reports and I had to 
tweak the code.