Название: Unix Text Processing
Автор: Tim O'Reilly, D. Dougherty
Издательство: Oxford University Press
Год: 1987
ISBN: 0672462915
Серия: Hayden Books UNIX library system
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 544
Размер: 1,2 mb
Язык: English

Many people think of computers primarily as “number crunchers,” and think of word processors as generating form letters and boilerplate proposals. That computers can be used productively by writers, not just research scientists, accountants, and secretaries, is not so widely recognized. Today, writers not only work with words, they work with computers and the software programs, printers, and terminals that are part of a
computer system.

The computer has not simply replaced a typewriter; it has become a system for integrating many other technologies. As these technologies are made available at a reasonable cost, writers may begin to find themselves in new roles as computer programmers, systems integrators, data base managers, graphic designers, typesetters, printers, and archivists.

This book will show how computers can be used effectively in the preparation of written documents, especially in the process of producing book-length documents. Surely it is important to learn the tools of the trade, and it will demonstrate the tools available in the UNIX environment.