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minus-squareRooster326@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoWhat exactly is the alternative?
minus-squareronl2k@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months ago What exactly is the alternative? I’d bet the rent that the Microsoft critics prefer a command-line text editor.
minus-squareRooster326@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 months agoYep can see it already. > Just use Vim
minus-squareOpenStars@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoWas looking for this comment and was not disappointed:-)
minus-squareSteve Dice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoDefending Word and conflating programming and a command line in a single sentence.
minus-squareulterno@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoGuess I’m no longer an MS critic, but just a hater now. I use GUI text editors. Just not the MS stuff.
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoWYSIWYM in some form should be promising. I could see that concept plus some variant of LaTeX or typst or markdown, plus version control a la git being a serious killer app.
minus-squareSteve Dice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoLiterally any typesetting software.
minus-squareRooster326@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoGo on? There is absolutely no way that I am teaching Jan in accounting to use Latex.
minus-squareSteve Dice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoDoes Jan in accounting make a lot of documents beyond a simple text block?
minus-squareRooster326@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoYes. She needs to add images, format text by highlighting and click an easy button, and insert an excel table.
minus-squareSteve Dice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoThat sounds like very much not her job. But hey, if this mythical Jan from accounting actually does need to do all that, the company should provide a template.
minus-squareBenLeMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoFor precise, intricate layouts I’ll take InDesign or Quark XPress any day. That said, it’s been a while since I last used those.
What exactly is the alternative?
I’d bet the rent that the Microsoft critics prefer a command-line text editor.
Yep can see it already. > Just use Vim
Was looking for this comment and was not disappointed:-)
Defending Word and conflating programming and a command line in a single sentence.
Guess I’m no longer an MS critic, but just a hater now.
I use GUI text editors.
Just not the MS stuff.
WYSIWYM in some form should be promising.
I could see that concept plus some variant of LaTeX or typst or markdown, plus version control a la git being a serious killer app.
Literally any typesetting software.
Go on?
There is absolutely no way that I am teaching Jan in accounting to use Latex.
Does Jan in accounting make a lot of documents beyond a simple text block?
Yes. She needs to add images, format text by highlighting and click an easy button, and insert an excel table.
That sounds like very much not her job. But hey, if this mythical Jan from accounting actually does need to do all that, the company should provide a template.
For precise, intricate layouts I’ll take InDesign or Quark XPress any day. That said, it’s been a while since I last used those.