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- From: probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: linux FAQ in LaTeX
- Date: 11 Jan 1993 13:20:39 -0600
- Organization: Kansas State University
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- Keywords: Linux FAQ, LaTeX
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- paula@bronte.boeing.com (Paul Allen) writes:
- >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.
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-
- >Paul Allen
-
- What I do if I want to read something from TeX in ascii is to run it through
- latex at school, and then run the dvi file through dvi2tty. Looks fine,
- even makes the pictures with ascii bars and dashes.
-
- For people who don't have TeX installed, what I would suggest is people post
- things in dvi format. That can be converted to just about anything, and
- the programs to do this are rather small.
-
- James
-