From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: RTF for emacs Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 00:25:26 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87a9a6u84p.fsf@debian.uxu> References: <87fvk012fi.fsf@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1400970630 14309 80.91.229.3 (24 May 2014 22:30:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 22:30:30 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 25 00:30:25 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WoKSO-0000Xu-LC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 25 May 2014 00:30:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49530 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WoKSN-0006k9-SG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 May 2014 18:30:23 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!news.stack.nl!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 48 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: u+UUXbnu1hlDFr5pMibebQ.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:zKrQwi9xq5XvlfQfoOOHDi1nrJs= Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:205563 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:97834 Archived-At: James Freer writes: > I didn't mean RTF especially but rich text able to do > basic word processing including page numbering > suitable for basic docs but without going OTT like > LO-writer. I don't know exactly what RTF is is but I take it is the word processor stuff: fonts, boldface, headers, etc. Again, I don't see why not just using a word processor for people who want that - isn't that what they are for? I prefer just typing text, and with markups for the rare cases it is needed, ..., it is the cooler, faster, and more powerful approach with few limitations (what I can see) and all the benefits. It is more pleasant, which should never be underestimated. The more relaxation and familiarity with the tools, the bigger part of the brain can be allocated the qualitative part of the problem... Of course, LaTeX does (can do) page numbering automatically and there are lots of options to it. > Thank you for suggesting org, html, enriched text but > it's not the same. Well, I didn't suggest that (perhaps someone else did) - I suggest HTML (and CSS) for *webpages* (but created as markuped text), and LaTeX (likewise) for ambitious, lengthy documents that are expected not to change much, and be printed (read by humans), that require specialized notation (beyond ASCII). And: plain text for everything else. > These days I tend to use google docs for speed, draft > in emacs as text and then import into google > docs... that's a pain. Yes... it sucks. The web, man. Back to the days when programs roamed the world... -- underground experts united: http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573