> > (1) Provide with the docs a README.latex that explains LaTeX, what > > packages people should use for various platforms, instructions, etc., > > and lists the (current) location of the PDFs. > > I'm somewhat against this. It's an effort to write such a document > correctly and we need to keep it up to date.
There is probably an existing document somewhere that explains LaTeX, and OGP could provide a URL. Why reinvent the wheel? > And as i said, it's > like assuming that people who want to compile a program do not > have a c compiler installed. C is extremely common. Most Unix systems come with at least one C compiler. LaTeX is nowhere near as common as C. More like Haskell or APL. > In the unix world, latex is standard man -k latex latex: nothing appropriate The Unix documentation system is the roff family. LaTeX is an alternative documentation system, it is well down the list and losing ground. > and can be easily installed. Maybe, maybe-not, but why should an end-user need to? Some machine can automagically create a few common formats, that most people already have viewers for, like html/pdf/info/whatever and install them on some web server. I am not suggesting that there is anything wrong with LaTeX, or that it shouldn't be used. I'm just suggesting that there is no need to burden end-users with learning about LaTeX, hunting down LaTeX software, getting it to compile, and installing it, etc. when it would be easy to provide them with more common formats. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
