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- From: hfaester@Physik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Hannes Faestermann)
- Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: linux FAQ in LaTeX
- Message-ID: <hfaester.726766080@Physik.TU-Muenchen.DE>
- Keywords: Linux FAQ, LaTeX
- Sender: news@news.lrz-muenchen.de (Mr. News)
- Organization: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum, Muenchen (Germany)
- References: <1993Jan8.152647.22034@klaava.Helsinki.FI> <1993Jan11.063506.2551@bronte.boeing.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 15:28:00 GMT
- Lines: 37
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- paula@bronte.boeing.com (Paul Allen) writes:
-
- >In article <1993Jan8.152647.22034@klaava.Helsinki.FI> jflores@dcc.uchile.cl (Pepe Flores Peters) writes:
- >>
- >>I have uploaded to tsx-11.mit.edu the source code in LaTeX and
- >>dvi file of Linux FAQ.
- >>
- >>It's the most beautiful FAQ I've ever seen :).
-
- >I realize that the human-readable version of the FAQ is still available,
- >and this isn't a flame at Pepe. His post is just the little nudge that
- >has pushed me over the edge.
-
- >Could we please refrain from encrypting (with LaTeX, or whatever) documents
- >that don't need to be pretty? Things like the FAQ, or software installation
- >instructions, are most useful if all you need to do to read them is look
- >at them. Significant infrastructure is required to deal with LaTeX, and
- >not all of us are interested in making that investment.
-
- ...further complaints from Pepe deleted...
-
- Though I like to have LaTeX formatted stuff I have to agree with Pepe: There
- is no urgent need to have stuff like the FAQs in LaTeX format. But in
- opposite to his suggestion to use a detex program I'd like to ask for another
- way to do it. Wouldn't it be possible to create the FAQ stuff (and the like)
- in a form that is easily parsable with a script (be it sh or perl) to produce
- LaTeX (or troff or whatever) output ?
-
- Just a suggestion...
-
- Hannes
-
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