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Creating High-Quality Documents at the Command Line

Knowing how to send data to the printer is only half the battle; being able to produce professional-quality output is also essential in the modern world. At the command line, the process of producing high-quality output occurs in two steps: text editing, in which the textual content of your document is entered, and text formatting, in which the content is arranged in a pleasing manner for printing.

This method for creating documents stands in contrast to the WYSIWYG method with which most users are familiar. WYSIWYG is an acronym that stands for What You See Is What You Get. This refers to the fact that in most word processors, which are usually graphics based, you see fonts, styles, and document ...