John Palmer ([log in to unmask]) writes: > [1] in the short and medium term it is easier to get authors to write > LaTeX than to write SGML; and about a million times easier again to get them to write in Word, as 99% of them probably do :-} > and [2] if SGML is ever to have the > acceptability with authors that LaTeX already has authors in an extremely limited environment > publishers will > need to agree on a common DTD; Docbook and TEI not good enough? mind you, I applaud Jorg's suggestion. it may not change the world, but getting LaTeX's house in order must be a good thing. Sebastian