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http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/tr2latex slds. gabi 2011/12/2 simon softnet <[email protected]>: > By the way, I am currently forced to use LaTeX. > It's because formulas look nicer, and also because my current > supervisor asks me to. > > I was thinking of writing a program that accepts a file formated with > -ms or -me macros and translates it to LaTeX equivalent macros. This > way, I would hopefully have the best of both worlds: the elegance of > troff syntax and the neatness of TeX output. > Is anyone interested in helping me out? > > Simon. > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 11:24 PM, simon softnet <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have written my bachelor's thesis (80 pages with graphs, tables, >> diagrams, equations, etc..) in pure troff -me. >> It went as smooth as I could ever hope for. >> LaTeX is much more difficult to use, IMO. >> >> Simon. >> >> On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 10:02 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 10:45:24AM -0800, John Floren wrote: >>>> >>>> > There was even a bunch of connections last week because somebody was >>>> > looking for TeX on phones... (I don't know why, but the community marvel >>>> > named TeXlive didn't seem to be the first choice in this case...) >>>> > >>>> >>>> Ah, I think that was due to me... I read >>>> http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3264341 and suggested that they >>>> take a look at kerTeX :) >>> >>> Yes, you were one of the two (the other one has identified himself >>> now... ;)). [I suspected this from the initials of the author of the >>> mail.] >>> >>> And for others, BTW, if LaTeX sure works, it's because John was >>> brave enough to try and not to give up after initial errors. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> -- >>> Thierry Laronde <tlaronde +AT+ polynum +dot+ com> >>> http://www.kergis.com/ >>> Key fingerprint = 0FF7 E906 FBAF FE95 FD89 250D 52B1 AE95 6006 F40C >>> >
