"BAR" wrote in message
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Vic Smith wrote:
On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:08:40 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:
Silliness. At least 90% of what I have written professionally my entire
life has been turned in as straight text. Once it is approved, it is
given to a graphics artist for design, if necessary, outside
typesetting, if necessary, and paste-up. What the hell need would I have
of all the idiotic key functions beyond the occasional bold, ital, et
cetera?

I've never been an amateur or semi-pro desktop publisher type. At the
professional level, DTP is for graphics designers. It's their rice bowl.

I still used notepad for most of what I wrote in the business
environment, but when the cutsies objected I just pasted it
to Word to get the pretty fonts/title centering/paging they so like.
Word or equivalent *is* better for the finished product.

All that is needed is vi.

As an old Bell Labs guy, vi was the editor of choice fro a while. What a
joy!