Re: LaTeX to text (was Re: "firing up" DocBook)

2001-04-03 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 06:22:36PM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > On Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 10:12:22PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > on Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 12:38:17PM -0500, Chris Gray ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > wrote: > > > On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > > What LaTeX buys is the

Re: LaTeX to text (was Re: "firing up" DocBook)

2001-04-03 Thread Johann Spies
On Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 10:12:22PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 12:38:17PM -0500, Chris Gray ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > What LaTeX buys is the ability to create rightly formatted ASCII > > > output including paginat

Re: LaTeX to text (was Re: "firing up" DocBook)

2001-04-01 Thread Paul Huygen
"Karsten M. Self" wrote: > My understanding is that there is a LaTeX to text conversion which > preserves page numbering, keeps ToC and indices valid, etc. I think you refer to dvi2tty. The aim of this program was to enable previewing TeX documents on text-based console terminals. As its name te

Re: LaTeX to text (was Re: "firing up" DocBook)

2001-04-01 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 11:54:57PM -0800, Henry House ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 10:12:22PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > The issue of converting LaTeX to text was raised in a thread some months > > back (Sept-Nov period, IIRC) regarding comparative benefits of LaTeX a

Re: LaTeX to text (was Re: "firing up" DocBook)

2001-04-01 Thread Henry House
On Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 10:12:22PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > The issue of converting LaTeX to text was raised in a thread some months > back (Sept-Nov period, IIRC) regarding comparative benefits of LaTeX and > DocBook. Frankly, I haven't used LaTeX sufficiently to know what the => > text co

Re: LaTeX to text (was Re: "firing up" DocBook)

2001-04-01 Thread Brian May
> "Karsten" == Karsten M Self writes: Karsten> The issue of converting LaTeX to text was raised in a Karsten> thread some months back (Sept-Nov period, IIRC) regarding Karsten> comparative benefits of LaTeX and DocBook. Frankly, I Karsten> haven't used LaTeX sufficiently to k

LaTeX to text (was Re: "firing up" DocBook)

2001-04-01 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 12:38:17PM -0500, Chris Gray ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > What LaTeX buys is the ability to create rightly formatted ASCII > > output including pagination, ToC, index, etc. > > Sorry to come in so late on the conversation, b