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From: taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Documentation project (was Re: Slight flame from Linux user)
Date: 6 Jun 1995 15:07:02 GMT
Organization: Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica
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In article <3r06il$7ln@canyon.sr.hp.com>, Darryl Okahata <darrylo@sr.hp.com> wrote:
>Terry Lambert (terry@cs.weber.edu) wrote:
>
>> It's not done yet, and someone would have to install over 15M of
>> LaTEX to do the conversion, but nobody likes LaTEX?
>
> Once it's "done", how about making a postscript or PCL version of
>the manual available? This way, people don't have to install LaTeX.
Actually, I'd prefer a series of LaTeX files which I can then turn
into dvi files for on-screen previewing, which can then be easily
converted to PostScript or HPGL for printing. Or use latex2html to
turn them into Web-browsable HTML files. PostScript is only good for
printing (and viewing, to an extent). It isn't particularly well-
suited for conversion to other formats.
--
Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao
taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw <-- work ........ play --> taob@io.org