X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["972" "Tue" "17" "June" "1997" "22:11:37" "+0200" "Ernst Molitor" "ernst.molitor@UNI-BONN.DE" nil "23" "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 WAA25327; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 22:19:35 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from lsv1.listserv.gmd.de by listserv.gmd.de (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id <14.FF7221FE@listserv.gmd.de>; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 22:19:34 +0200 Received: from RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE by RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8b) with spool id 154863 for LATEX-L@RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 22:19:26 +0200 Received: from IBM.rhrz.uni-bonn.de (ibm.rhrz.uni-bonn.de [131.220.236.2]) by relay.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (8.7.6/8.7.4) with SMTP id WAA29568 for ; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 22:19:22 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from localhost by IBM.rhrz.uni-bonn.de (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Tue, 17 Jun 97 22:19:07 MEZ Received: (from root@localhost) by localhost (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA02509; Tue, 17 Jun 1997 22:11:37 +0200 Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.92) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: <199706172011.WAA02509@localhost> Reply-To: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project In-Reply-To: <199706171528.QAA24443@lochnagarn.elsevier.co.uk> (message from Sebastian Rahtz on Tue, 17 Jun 1997 16:28:16 +0100) Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 22:11:37 +0200 From: Ernst Molitor 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: 2090 Dear LaTeX gurus, SR>This is an interesting philosophical point - what is the future of SR>LaTeX3? to me, its not about authors at all, but about providing SR>high-quality tools for document formatting professionals. Does anyone SR>share my view of the distinction? I'm but a LaTeX user, but I really appreciate its many advantages and the fascinating typographical results it allows even lay people (as far as typesetting is concerned, at least) to achieve. IMHO, it would be very much of a pity if the LaTeX3 project would produce a high-end tool intended for use by document formatting professionals, only. While it is obviously up to nobody else but the LaTeX3 team to decide what type of a system they want to develop, I'd look sadly at a "professionals only" LaTeX3... TeX, and LaTeX, after all have been author's tools, not tools for "document formatting professionals", at their very beginning, haven't they? Best regards, Ernst --- ernst.molitor@uni-bonn.de