Received: from webgate.proteosys.de (mail.proteosys-ag.com [62.225.9.49]) by lucy.proteosys (8.11.0/8.9.3/SuSE Linux 8.9.3-0.1) with ESMTP id f7VIAU906430 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 20:10:30 +0200 Received: by webgate.proteosys.de (8.11.4/8.11.0) with ESMTP id f7VIAOT23577 . for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 20:10:24 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C13248.37E6EF00" Received: from mail.Uni-Mainz.DE (mailserver1.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE [134.93.8.30]) by mailgate2.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE (8.11.0/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f7VIAKJ08965 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 20:10:20 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mailgate2.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE (mailgate2.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE [134.93.8.57]) by mail.Uni-Mainz.DE (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA10243 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 20:10:20 +0200 (MEST) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Received: from relay.uni-heidelberg.de (relay.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.212]) by mailgate2.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE (8.11.0/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f7VIAJJ08961 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 20:10:19 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (listserv.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.27]) by relay.uni-heidelberg.de (8.10.2+Sun/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f7VI8Xb12809; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 20:08:33 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from listserv (listserv.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.27]) by listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (8.11.3/8.11.3/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) with ESMTP id f7VI7bo11318; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 20:07:37 +0200 Received: from LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE by LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 1197 for LATEX-L@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 20:07:34 +0200 Received: from relay.uni-heidelberg.de (relay.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.212]) by listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (8.11.3/8.11.3/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) with ESMTP id f7VI7Yo11312 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 20:07:34 +0200 Received: from obelix.ee.duth.gr (asterix.ee.duth.gr [193.92.243.98]) by relay.uni-heidelberg.de (8.10.2+Sun/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f7VI8Jb12767 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 20:08:20 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from localhost (apostolo@localhost) by obelix.ee.duth.gr (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.1) with ESMTP id VAA22457 for ; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 21:10:27 +0300 (EET DST) In-Reply-To: Return-Path: Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: LaTeX3 and Omega Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 19:10:27 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: "Apostolos Syropoulos" Sender: "Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project" To: Reply-To: "Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 4159 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C13248.37E6EF00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Javier Bezos wrote: > >> I think exactly the opposite -- Omega will give live to LaTeX while > >> "old" TeX will be a burden. > > > > i agree with you here, but only if Omega changes to a more "stable = and final" > > product, something which, for good reasons, it currently isn't. I = really hope > > that this is going to happen since IMHO Omega is the only successor = of TeX > > that has a good chance to replace it. > > Agreed. Omega is definetely a step forward, but at the same time pdfTeX is a = step forward. So I believe that the Omega team must consider incorporate the ability to generate PDF files in future releases of the system. A.S. PS And of course since I don't believe that a team of two people can do all these things, I definetely believe that the team must be = expanded! **************************************************************** *Apostolos Syropoulos * *snail mail: 366, 28th October Str., GR-671 00 Xanthi, HELLAS * *email : apostolo@ocean1.ee.duth.gr * *phone num.: +30-(0)541-28704 * *home page : http://obelix.ee.duth.gr/~apostolo * **************************************************************** ------_=_NextPart_001_01C13248.37E6EF00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: LaTeX3 and Omega

On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Javier Bezos wrote:

> >> I think exactly the opposite -- Omega = will give live to LaTeX while
> >> "old" TeX will be a = burden.
> >
> > i agree with you here, but only if Omega = changes to a more "stable and final"
> > product, something which, for good reasons, = it currently isn't. I really hope
> > that this is going to happen since IMHO = Omega is the only successor of TeX
> > that has a good chance to replace = it.
>
> Agreed.

Omega is definetely a step forward, but at the same = time pdfTeX is a step
forward. So I believe that the Omega team must = consider incorporate
the ability to generate PDF files in future releases = of the system.
A.S.

PS And of course since I don't believe that a team of = two people can
do all these things, I definetely believe that the = team must be expanded!

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