a word-processor for UNIX

[Jaap Akkerhuis]

> Excerpts from ext.nn.comp.unix.questions: 24-Jul-89 Re: a word-processor
> for UNIX David C Lawrence at pawl.rp (1084)

> In <1552 at garcon.cso.uiuc.edu> mcclaren at herodotus.cs.uiuc.edu (Tim
> McClarren):
> TM> some such?  I dunno...maybe I read too much popular lit./media,
> TM> but I've not seen a whole lot of "This book written under vi, and
> TM> typeset with LaTeX/*roff on Bob & Jim's UNIX(c) box."

> Because UNIX people are too cool; much more so than the average PC
> luser.  What really makes the difference to the people getting the
> book is the results, not what hardware and software got it there.

It is interesting to see this debate. Well debate, let's it is more like
speculation.

Most books are produced by a publisher. The publishing house itself can
have rules about what details they provide about the book production
process. I know at least one publisher which won't put any production
information in a book unless they are really sure that it will sell well
and they don't consider it an eyesore in the first place.

Sometimes authors offer publishers a book which is already complete from
cover to cover. They can take or leave it, so the puiblishers have
hardly anything to add apart from the ISBN number. In those cases it is
more likely that it will have information in it how it is produced,
since the authors might be proud that they did it themself. Also, the
publisher might not really want to be held responsible for the final
appearance of the publication; it might not be as great as the authors
think it is.

	jaap