Re: Subject: Re: Cocoa Book OT
Re: Subject: Re: Cocoa Book OT
- Subject: Re: Subject: Re: Cocoa Book OT
- From: "Brian E. Howard" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 16:25:26 -0500
On Monday, December 9, 2002, at 04:09 PM, Timothy Ritchey wrote:
It would be nice if the publishing pipeline were that smooth, but it
just isn't.
My point is that the "publishing pipeline" is ass backwards. My
approach would be to design the book first, choosing fonts, layout (TeX
macros) and other design elements before any writing. Then the author
could use the TeX macros to full advantage and then once the words are
finished so is the bloody book. Just print the thing. The main reason
that this is not done now is that my approach would put a slew of
third-rate so-called professionals out of work, since there would be
nothing for them to do. No more worthless meetings and lunches and
posturing. And the writers would have to learn how to deal with TeX
instead of wasting their time with the MS Word crap. Everyone is
bitching about the poor quality of the books; I'm just pointing out
that there _is_ a better way. But then Cocoa is a better way, and yet
most programmers are farting around with junk like C++ and now the
pathetic C#. Sturgeon was right: 90% of _everything_ is crap!
Brian E. Howard
who is now finished with this topic
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