Hans Aberg <[log in to unmask]> writes: : Your description seems to indicate what I think is the case, TeX/LaTeX is : used when one gets serious in the sense that one has this manuscript in : which the details must come out right. WYSIWYG does then normally not : suffice, at least not with the math details, so TeX comes into place. These fussy things can, in fact, almost always be handled well with *correct* LaTeX, as documented in Lamport's book. The "Companion" is for added authoring convenience. : I think it is well-known by now, that all these mass-consumer movements, : which the *ML currently represents, usually lacks crucial quality. : Eventually such quality might built in, of course. Only because very few elitist mathematicians have been involved (up to now). : But until then, there will be a need for TeX/LaTeX. And beyond then, as well! -- Bill