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On Mon, 2008-06-09 at 14:18 +0200, Luca Barbato wrote: |
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> Thomas Anderson wrote: |
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> > As Fabian said it really isn't a matter of "We like XML better than LaTeX!" |
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> > It's not those people's prerogative. |
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> Problems like having homogeneous documentation aren't that small. |
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> > The people who wrote PMS should be able to make the decision |
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> > for themselves(as they will be maintaining it) as to what language to |
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> > use. |
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> The main point being using latex prevents people from modify it. |
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Untrue... latex is documented, and lots of people feel more comfortable |
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with it than with XML (for example me). It's just a matter of taste and |
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thus a decision of the people actually doing the work. |
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> > If they use LaTeX, more power to them, it's what enables them to do |
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> > their job in the easiest way. |
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> Depends on what the job is. |
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> > You don't *have* to read PMS in LaTeX, |
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> > which by the way makes my eyes bleed somewhat, you can read it in a very |
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> > well done PDF. |
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> The pdf renders poorly on xpdf due the fonts latex has, usually I'd |
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> rather have plain text anyway. |
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Install app-text/evince. It looks quite nice there. |
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