Use of ``vi'' for business office word-processing

[Tim Smith]

In article <709 at cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> higgin at cbmvax.UUCP (Paul Higginbottom) writes:
>
>The combination of vi, nroff, troff, etc., and the Unix utilities do provide,
>for those that are computer literate or will take quite a lot of time to
>learn, a great deal of flexibility.
>

When cithep ( Caltech high energy physics ) got a VAX, the secretaries
started learning nroff and troff.  They had ed ( and maybe qed ) instead
of vi.

They became good at these tools as quicky as most of the computer literate
people.  Don't underestimate your secretary.
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