X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["703" "Wed" "2" "December" "1998" "13:54:01" "GMT" "Sebastian Rahtz" "s.rahtz@ELSEVIER.CO.UK" nil "19" "Re: What is \"base\" LaTeX" "^Date:" nil nil "12" nil nil nil nil nil] nil) Received: from kralle.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE (root@kralle.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE [134.93.8.158]) by mail.Uni-Mainz.DE (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA23240; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 15:12:50 +0100 (MET) Received: from listserv.gmd.de (listserv.gmd.de [192.88.97.1]) by kralle.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA13858; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 14:55:52 +0100 (MET) Received: from lsv1.listserv.gmd.de (192.88.97.2) by listserv.gmd.de (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id <8.5184604C@listserv.gmd.de>; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 14:55:51 +0100 Received: from RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE by RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8b) with spool id 412579 for LATEX-L@RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 14:55:38 +0100 Received: from pillar.elsevier.co.uk (root@pillar.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.222.35]) by relay.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA02616 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 14:55:25 +0100 (MET) Received: from snowdon.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.197.164]; by pillar.elsevier.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP; for ""; sender "s.rahtz@elsevier.co.uk"; id NAA19206; hop 0; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 13:47:03 GMT Received: from screavie.elsevier.co.uk by snowdon.elsevier.co.uk with SMTP (PP); Wed, 2 Dec 1998 13:54:40 +0000 Received: from lurgmhor.elsevier.co.uk (lurgmhor.elsevier.co.uk [193.131.197.7]) by screavie.elsevier.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA19082 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 13:53:52 GMT Received: (from srahtz@localhost) by lurgmhor.elsevier.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA17023; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 13:54:01 GMT References: <199812012137.QAA25671@fenris.math.albany.edu> <13923.46894.353948.654511@srahtz> <199812021218.MAA14258@nag.co.uk> Message-ID: <199812021354.NAA17023@lurgmhor.elsevier.co.uk> Reply-To: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project In-Reply-To: <199812021218.MAA14258@nag.co.uk> Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 13:54:01 GMT From: Sebastian Rahtz Sender: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project To: Multiple recipients of list LATEX-L Subject: Re: What is "base" LaTeX Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 3023 David Carlisle writes: > that is marked up in XML. It is true, that especially for mathematics, > there is not (yet?) a realistic authoring environment that produces > mathematics marked up to an XML dtd. i know it won't suit the high-falutin' 20th century mathematicians amongst us, but for the great unwashed MathType is perfectly plausible. indeed returning to Hans: >The *ML movements are currently pretty orthogonal to what TeX can offer: >The *ML offer fast, simple typesetting, suitable for WWW and simpler types > of printing. its a shame we don't have a competition for "the most inaccurate and ill-informed remarks made on latex-l each month". sebastian "low blood pressure" rahtz