bhutex wrote:
I don't really understand why this discussion. Have not you read the article in TUG Boat. Don is planning to bring out a new TeX called iTeX*. Actually the * is a sound of bell - ding!! But it may not be free. But it can handle all types of output formats, all languages etc. etc. Don presented this paper in TUG meeting last year - because the TUG volume is a proceedings volume.
I have heard rumours that DEK has had to put work on ĭ-TeX on hold while he addresses a more important (and previously unsolved problem) in computer science. Apparently, realising that computerised embroidery is sadly deficient when compared to the real thing, DEK has, it is rumoured, decided that as a computer scientist it is his duty to write the ultimate, definitive, computerised embroidery software. It is alleged that initially this will be solely for his, and Jill's, private use, but as word of this remarkable tool leaks out into academe, ever more would-be computer embroiderers are expected to plead for a copy, and, if the rumours are true, DEK is therefore likely to find himself distracted from his ground-breaking work on ĭ-TeX as he responds to bug reports (few) and feature requests (many) from his early adopters. Philip Taylor -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex
