Philip C Mendelsohn allegedly wrote: > On Mon, 11 Sep 2000 bob at math.umn.edu wrote: > > > ... and the bad thing about LaTeX is that, well, it's TeX. ;^l > > What's your beef with TeX? Or are you simply an "unstructured > thinker?" ;) > > Phil M More that TeX is an unstructured standard. On a frequent basis I deal with people who receive Tex files they are unable to process. Often this is because of different versions, missing sty files, and so forth. If everyone used the _same_ TeX, then it might be as useful as HTML. :^o My reaction is, however, mostly emotional. Too many unsolvable problems seen to have my reaction be anything but negative. Not, of course, that I have a good alternative in mind. After all, my American prerogative is to whine. :^) Adios, Chris -- C.S. Cornuelle School of Mathematics/MCIM, University of Minnesota 206 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612) 626-8930v, (612) 624-2333f, bob at math.umn.edu Ferventer Vestite --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org