Hi guys, Ok, I certainly did _not_ intend to start a flame war, was just dreaming out loud:-))
>===== Original Message From Paul Tremblay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===== <snip> >I think you can achieve the same thing with a well-written shell script, >which can be interactive and can test all sorts of variables. Wouldn't a >shell script do the job you want? I mean, imagine the best, most fancy >gui you can, one that does everything you want with fonts. Now just >imagine the same program in an ugly shell that would do the same thing, >with the same interaction, and wouldn't that do the trick? Something one could run from e.g. a WinEDT or SciTe gui shell would be fine (for now->) >===== Original Message From "Thomas A.Schmitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===== >First: fonts are a complex business, and when you >venture outside of the normal Western character range, things start to >get really messy (I speak from experience I have even more difficult issues with Arabic;-) >To be honest: in my >personal opinion (and this is a very personal opinion), die-hard GUI >users who just loathe the command line should not be using TeX. Hmm, seems we've heard the same comment about Linux in the pre-KDE days:-) Seriously, there is room in the TeX world for a creative gui approach, and ConTeXt would be a much better candidate than LaTeX for that to work. Yes, this is just a dream for now... In the future, maybe many years from now, someone may design a well-thought-out gui interface for the ConTeXt of the future. I for one would buy it... >In a way, >the current state puts a gentle, but firm sign on font handling saying >"This might be a bit difficult. Be warned!" Firm, perhaps, but I don't know about "gentle":-)) But Paul's idea of an interactive shell script is practical and I'll shut up for awhile... Best Idris ============================ Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 _______________________________________________ ntg-context mailing list [email protected] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
