>the major advantage of using SGML is that you can automatically output
>html, ascii text, postscript and... another format I forgot.
You can do that with LaTeX as well.
>If the markup language itself is a problem, I suggest using LyX.
If you wish :). I like good ol' xemacs better.
>> I'm quite willing to maintain the documentation in
>> LaTeX format, if that's going to be the choice and
>> nobody else really wants to do it.
>
>Isn't there a conversion tool to convert LaTeX to SGML?
Probably. I don't see much point in it though; SGML and LaTeX would both
serve the same purpose -- neither are suitable to be read in source form.
The main difference is that SGML was designed for electronic documents while
LaTeX was designed for typesetting.
-- Ramon