Can't say I follow. Would the builtin (which should be a library if anything) create a .tex file, which would still need to run through TeX itself to create a .pdf?
Or would the builtin take a .tex file and create a .pdf (or other format)? The latter already exists of course, except that TeX has not been ported to z/OS. The former would still need to derive the markup from something. Does text get marked up based on where it exists in a structure? Will there be a new PL/1 markup language that gets ported to TeX markup by this builtin? It all seems a bit comical. Perhaps I don't understand what the initial state is before the builtin is called. But from what I gather, the RFE submitter is asking for the PL/1 compiler to translate an arbitrary, new markup syntax to the markup syntax used by MS Word, and then creating a valid .docx file. Might as well mark your text up in the .docx format yourself no? -----Original Message----- Whereas anyone with even a bit of sense would ask for something that is LaTex compatible! Actually, I still like the SGML used by DCF & Waterloo Script. I have gone to the URL posted and entered the following comment: === Rather than a proprietary format, such as MS "docx", I would prefer a truly open format used by professional organizations. In particular, I think that TeX or, especially, LaTeX2e would be far superior to "docx". LaTex2e is the preferred document format for the American Mathematical Society and the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. Many graduate schools prefer the use of some sort of TeX document for papers and theses. === ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
