X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["778" "Tue" "17" "June" "1997" "19:53:11" "+0200" "Chris Rowley" "C.A.Rowley@OPEN.AC.UK" nil "36" "Re: ideal future document processing environment" "^Date:" nil nil "6" nil nil nil nil nil] nil) Received: from listserv.gmd.de (listserv.gmd.de [192.88.97.1]) by mail.Uni-Mainz.DE (8.8.5/8.8.4) with ESMTP id TAA25703; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 19:56:31 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from lsv1.listserv.gmd.de by listserv.gmd.de (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id <5.02F1C08B@listserv.gmd.de>; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 19:56:30 +0200 Received: from RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE by RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8b) with spool id 154834 for LATEX-L@RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 19:56:24 +0200 Received: from ixgate01.dfnrelay.d400.de (ixgate01.dfnrelay.d400.de [193.174.248.1]) by relay.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (8.7.6/8.7.4) with ESMTP id TAA26684 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 19:56:20 +0200 (MET DST) X400-Received: by mta d400relay in /PRMD=dfnrelay/ADMD=d400/C=de/; Relayed; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 19:53:23 +0200 X400-Received: by mta venus in /PRMD=uk.ac/ADMD= /C=gb/; Relayed; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 19:51:44 +0200 X400-Received: by mta fell.open.ac.uk in /PRMD=UK.AC/ADMD= /C=GB/; Relayed; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 19:50:34 +0200 X400-Received: by mta UK.AC.MHS-RELAY.SUN2 in /PRMD=uk.ac/ADMD= /C=gb/; Relayed; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 19:53:11 +0200 X400-Originator: C.A.Rowley@open.ac.uk X400-Recipients: non-disclosure:; X400-MTS-Identifier: [/PRMD=UK.AC/ADMD= /C=GB/;<199706171750.SAA03440@fell.open] X400-Content-Type: P2-1988 (22) Content-Identifier: Re: ideal fut... Alternate-Recipient: Allowed References: <970616122025.3714@vms.rhbnc.ac.uk>, <199706161526.QAA16549@knott.elsevier.co.uk>, <199706171528.QAA24443@lochnagarn.elsevier.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <199706171750.SAA03440@fell.open.ac.uk> Reply-To: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project In-Reply-To: <199706171528.QAA24443@lochnagarn.elsevier.co.uk> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 19:53:11 +0200 From: Chris Rowley Sender: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project To: Multiple recipients of list LATEX-L Subject: Re: ideal future document processing environment Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 2087 Sebastian Rahtz wrote -- > > This is an interesting philosophical point - what is the future of > LaTeX3? to me, its not about authors at all, but about providing > high-quality tools for document formatting professionals. Does anyone > share my view of the distinction? There is certainly a distinction. This leads to interesting questions, such as the following: Q1: Will there exist "document formatting professionals" in the future? Or will their skills have to be found in: -- the authors? -- the software? If both authors and document formatting professionals exist, is supporting both with one system: -- desirable? -- feasible? -- efficient? > > Sorry, not sure if this falls outside the discussion range, or > not. It seems to be `spot on' to me. chris