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