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Sebastian Rahtz <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 25 Jun 1997 14:45:20 +0100
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Michel Lavaud Orleans writes:
 > The structure of the document in its first stages is indicated
 > with punctuation marks, and typesetting indications such as
 > \smallskip, \hspace{2cm}, \bf or whatever extend the set of
 > punctuation marks available, and provide a convenient visual way
 > to refine the structure. This mimicks exactly what one does when
 > writing an article by hand.
um, speak for yourself. I have tried to train myself *not* to write
articles simply as a mimic of how i used to write by hand. on the
contrary, when i write by hand these days i put in `generic markup'

i must admit i am puzzled to follow this discussion on the _LaTeX_
list. surely people here are by definition believers in uncluttered
structured markup? i can appreciate the Knuth approach of writing
as typesetting, but if i was going to do it, i wouldnt use LaTeX

Sebastian

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