[OS X TeX] TeX is not for the faint of heart

[Alain Schremmer]

I think that I am still incompetent enough to comment.
As "m" wrote, PLEASE spare me anything on

    Programs, support files, macros, commands?
    Distribution, binaries, scripts, frontends?

Look.

Suppose that in order to pass you Driver License, you had to take 
courses in mechanicss, thermodynamics etc.

Indeed, in order to be a good racing driver, you /have/ to know enough 
of some of that to communicate with the car's designers. But, if you are 
like most, needing a car and with no intention to even look at what's 
under the hood ...

I envision at least one LaTeX app as "easy" to use as MS Word. /After 
that/, let a thousand flower bloom in the bazaar.

Regards
--schremmer

Will Robertson wrote:

> Gerben Wierda wrote:
>
>> On May 5, 2004, at 09:40, m wrote:
>>
>>> Programs, support files, macros, commands?
>>> Distribution, binaries, scripts, frontends?
>>
>>
>>
>> I am going to do something about that. In the mean time I have 
>> changed http://www.rna.nl/tex.html to have a "Confused - Dont Panic" 
>> paragraph that points you to a few explanations which I have kept non 
>> technical (and not 100% correct or complete).
>
>
>
> I can't comment on the content, because I can't be objective (since I 
> know all that stuff already). Perhaps a less experienced member of the 
> jury could comment on its usefulness?
>
> A couple of typos (doubtfully definitive):
>
> "One major reason for people to use TeX is that it can produce the 
> best looking output on the planet. Another reason is often that for 
> very large documents, the word processors do not work very well or are 
> particularly efficient."
>
> You probably wanted to say "...are NOT particularly efficient." :)
> Also, one more: search for the word "prgram".
>
>
> W
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