Subject: | |
From: | |
Reply To: | |
Date: | Thu, 5 Nov 1998 13:45:13 +0000 |
Content-Type: | text/plain |
Parts/Attachments: |
|
|
Peter Schmitt writes:
> The relevant comparison in this case is with _LaTeX markup_
> ( TeX could parse SGML/XML as easily as any other program :-)
people _say_ that, but one notes that it has never been done, to my
knowledge (and I mean beyond the constrained environment of eg
typehtml)
> But, of course, LaTeX is more friendly to the user than HTML
> -- that's the penalty one has to pay ...
>
what does HTML have to do with it?
even wrt HTML, history is not on your side. millions and millions of
people write HTML happily every day, a tiny proportion write
LaTeX. what does that suggest?
anyway, there *is* a point to my thread; which is that while (La)TeX can
do the typesetting job, its a gross *input* language; if you only
talk to the formatting engine ((La)TeX) through a constrained channel
(XML as input, stylesheet for styling), you won't meet half so many
problems
possibly i digress. I feel the heavy breathing of Frank and Chris.
Sebastian
|
|
|