X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["918" "Thu" "26" "June" "1997" "10:18:04" "+0100" "Sebastian Rahtz" "s.rahtz@ELSEVIER.CO.UK" nil "18" "Re: LaTeX3 goals (was Re: ideal future document processing" "^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 (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA03620; Thu, 26 Jun 1997 11:18:22 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from lsv1.listserv.gmd.de by listserv.gmd.de (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id <9.1E000264@listserv.gmd.de>; Thu, 26 Jun 1997 11:18:20 +0200 Received: from RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE by RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8b) with spool id 159586 for LATEX-L@RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Thu, 26 Jun 1997 11:18:14 +0200 Received: from pillar.elsevier.co.uk (root@pillar.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.222.35]) by relay.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (8.7.6/8.7.4) with ESMTP id LAA08774 for ; Thu, 26 Jun 1997 11:18:11 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from snowdon.elsevier.co.uk (snowdon.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.197.164]) by pillar.elsevier.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA13844 for ; Thu, 26 Jun 1997 10:14:24 +0100 (BST) Received: from cadair.elsevier.co.uk by snowdon.elsevier.co.uk with SMTP (PP); Thu, 26 Jun 1997 10:18:29 +0100 Received: from knott.elsevier.co.uk (knott.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.197.165]) by cadair.elsevier.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA23828 for ; Thu, 26 Jun 1997 10:18:27 +0100 (BST) Received: (from srahtz@localhost) by knott.elsevier.co.uk (8.8.3/8.8.5) id KAA24446; Thu, 26 Jun 1997 10:18:04 +0100 (BST) References: <199706211609.SAA00468@localhost> <199706211907.NAA02606@gortel.phys.ualberta.ca> <199706251819.UAA15230@centre.univ-orleans.fr> Message-ID: <199706260918.KAA24446@knott.elsevier.co.uk> Reply-To: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project In-Reply-To: <199706251819.UAA15230@centre.univ-orleans.fr> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 10:18:04 +0100 From: Sebastian Rahtz Sender: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project To: Multiple recipients of list LATEX-L Subject: Re: LaTeX3 goals (was Re: ideal future document processing Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 2201 > 1 - Comparing TeX/LaTeX to RTF ; and there LaTeX is vastly superior > for scientists, for the simple reason that there are no formulas in > RTF. They are borrowed from an external software written by a third not true, actually. if you look at the DSSSL engine Jade, it writes RTF containing math. > 2 - Comparing emTeX, 4AllTeX, AsTeX, TeTeX and other freeware > TeX-based authoring tools to MSWord. And all of these are under > constant improvements, I think. Word improves too. i dont use Word, i dont like it, but i respect the enormous amount of research and testing behind its interface, and its obvious (to me) that its light years ahead of eg 4AllTeX. i find X windows and emacs a more fruitful environment, but then we all know you get better coffee if your roast your own beans, grind them, and make a proper brew. hands up all those who drank coffee prepared in some less ideal way today Sebastian