Re: Debunking Economics

["Alan G. Isaac" <aisaac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve,

Since you have programming experience,
you will find the learning curve for LaTeX trivial.
The main thing that puzzles beginners is that the
document is written as a text file and then compiled
by TeX into a viewable file,
but this puzzles no one with programming
experience. The syntax is very natural.
If you want an alpha, you type \alpha to get it.
(That takes less time than getting an alpha in Word.)

If you can afford to buy Scientific Word, you will
find the learning curve almost non-existent.
But very good freeware is also available.
You may want to peek at my software for economists
page on this topic.
 http://www.american.edu/academic.depts/cas/econ/soft.htm#TEX

You will never go back to Word and its ilk!

Alan





Steve Keen wrote:

> Yes; I tried to rely on the program (Ventura Publisher's) auto numbering, but
> it was buggy (despite its otherwise superior performance to Word). I'm probably
> going the way of TeX after two less than perfect run-ins with Word "wanna be"
> DTP programs (Lotus Word Pro and Ventura). The learning curve may be a real
> pain, but from what I've seen, TeX works. I can't honestly say that for Word
> Pro or Ventura--let alone Word.