Martin said: > Why should it be impossible to discuss my proposal? A designer should > be able to discuss his ideas with a manual worker or an engineer. > If a designer thinks of a car that is impossible to build then it is > no good if the engineer says, he does not talk with the designer > unless the designer became an engineer himself. They could discuss > what is possible and what not. They could look for alternatives that > satisfy both of them. They could learn from each other. Fair enough, but would you, if you were an engineer want to listen to ideas for a car from a designer who didn't know how to drive? > Why couldn't we discuss my proposal? Why is my proposal unworthy to be > looked at just because I don't know TeX? Why do so many people tell me > that I am stupid and unworthy to listen to? Because people have found it necessary to educate you first instead. Ditto. No one said you were stupid, ignorant and ill-considered perhaps, but those are things which can be fixed by a little research on your part, and some forethought. > I hoped we could start a discussion. Please tell me what exactly is > not implementable and help me to improve my proposal. Have you even read Michael Doob's _A Gentle Introduction to TeX_? Until you understand the intricacies mandated by intermixing text as commands w/ text as text there's simply not enough common ground for a meaningful discussion. I'm also curious as to why your idea for a syntax is superiour for beginners than their merely using something like LyX, <www.lyx.org>. William -- William Adams, publishing specialist voice - 717-731-6707 | Fax - 717-731-6708 www.atlis.com