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Novelist and geek-hero Charlie Stross writes about the drawbacks of using what-you-see-is-what-you-get word processors to write novels:

Changing file formats
Proprietary file formats
WYSIWYG “conflates document content with presentation”
Heavily marked-up text isn’t suitable for use online
Word mixes inline and style-sheet formatting

His solution is (sometimes) to use hardcore programmer’s editing tools:
Given my general aversion to Word, you probably [...]

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