Comments on: Completion http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/completion/ falling indelibly into the past Fri, 16 May 2008 20:11:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: ChrisE http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/completion/#comment-3563 ChrisE Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:08:34 +0000 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/completion/#comment-3563 Of course, coupled with a free <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX" rel="nofollow">LaTeX</a> installation, and a little time to figure things out, it is an UNBEATABLE word processing combination. Power, quality, aesthetics, efficiency, lightness ... Of course, coupled with a free LaTeX installation, and a little time to figure things out, it is an UNBEATABLE word processing combination. Power, quality, aesthetics, efficiency, lightness …

]]> By: KF http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/completion/#comment-3156 KF Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:28:08 +0000 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/completion/#comment-3156 Perhaps. It's just a text editor, though, which I use for note-taking -- I had been using Word (with the kinds of fancy auto-correct features that Meg mention), but I frankly got tired of my notes files becoming so weighty because Word was freighting them with a lot of unnecessary data, when all I wanted was the content. (Which is to say, I didn't need formatting, page layout, etc; all I needed was the text.) My text-only notes files are much, much lighter weight, much more easily transportable, etc. But they're just text -- there's little to no formatting involved in them. If your husband is looking for a program to take notes in, something like TextMate might be good, but it can't, unfortunately, replace a full-fledged wordprocessor... Perhaps. It’s just a text editor, though, which I use for note-taking — I had been using Word (with the kinds of fancy auto-correct features that Meg mention), but I frankly got tired of my notes files becoming so weighty because Word was freighting them with a lot of unnecessary data, when all I wanted was the content. (Which is to say, I didn’t need formatting, page layout, etc; all I needed was the text.) My text-only notes files are much, much lighter weight, much more easily transportable, etc. But they’re just text — there’s little to no formatting involved in them. If your husband is looking for a program to take notes in, something like TextMate might be good, but it can’t, unfortunately, replace a full-fledged wordprocessor…

]]> By: bitsy parker http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/completion/#comment-3150 bitsy parker Sun, 29 Jul 2007 21:15:54 +0000 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/completion/#comment-3150 My husband is an English professor, writer of academic papers and books, and a detester of technology. Seems like TextMate would be just the thing for him. Is TextMate friendly enough for a person who uses nothing more elaborate than Word? Thanks! My husband is an English professor, writer of academic papers and books, and a detester of technology. Seems like TextMate would be just the thing for him. Is TextMate friendly enough for a person who uses nothing more elaborate than Word?

Thanks!

]]> By: meg http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/completion/#comment-3134 meg Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:32:19 +0000 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/completion/#comment-3134 Most medievalists I know use the AutoCorrect feature of Word (yeah, I know) as a sort of completion feature. It's pretty handy to type "xlatn" and get "translation," "CdT" and get "Crêtrien de Troyes," etc. Back in OS 9, I had a freeware program called Text-something that did this is all applications, but I'm not aware of an OSX equivalent. Most medievalists I know use the AutoCorrect feature of Word (yeah, I know) as a sort of completion feature. It’s pretty handy to type “xlatn” and get “translation,” “CdT” and get “Crêtrien de Troyes,” etc.

Back in OS 9, I had a freeware program called Text-something that did this is all applications, but I’m not aware of an OSX equivalent.

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