[latexrefman] This differs from word processing,

Vincent Belaïche vincent.belaiche at gmail.com
Wed Sep 1 12:24:36 CEST 2021


Last notice : this sentance will be removed in my next commit, by tomorrow.
  V.

Le lun. 23 août 2021 à 19:12, Vincent Belaïche
<vincent.belaiche at gmail.com> a écrit :
>
> Propagating r636 by Jim.
>
> I would like to remove the whole sentence « This differs from word
> processing, where you are formatting text as you input it. », added in
>  node « Line breaking » :
> * I don't think it has any added value about LaTeX
> * LaTeX is also a word processor, this document is a reference manual,
> not a sale pitch,
> * usually when you use so called WYSIWYG word processor you also do
> the same, adjusting the breaks in a final pass. A bigger concern is
> that these processors are not really WYSIWYG, though pretending to be
> instantly formatting : sometimes the paginated display differs from
> the print preview…
>
> Any objection against the removal ?
>   V.
>
>   V.



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