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Where we stand
- To: Scott E. Fahlman <Fahlman@C.CS.CMU.EDU>
- Subject: Where we stand
- From: David A. Moon <Moon@SCRC-STONY-BROOK.ARPA>
- Date: Tue, 27 May 86 15:22 EDT
- Cc: cl-steering@SU-AI.ARPA
- In-reply-to: <FAHLMAN.12210026673.BABYL@C.CS.CMU.EDU>
Date: Tue, 27 May 1986 09:19 EDT
From: "Scott E. Fahlman" <Fahlman@C.CS.CMU.EDU>
[Recipient removed: John Foderaro]
....
My inclination is to go with Tex for the new document, as this seems to
be the most widespread text-formatter around. (I won't use any of those
evil hacks with "roff" in the name, and Scribe (TM) is too expensive for
some groups.) If we use Tex macros in a consistent way, automated
conversion to other formatters would be just as easy as if we used raw
text in a rigid format, but the advantage is that we can quickly run off
decent-looking working documents as we go.
I take it you decided to ignore my contention that the only viable format
for working documents is straight text with no formatting commands obscuring it?