-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On May 22, 2007, at 10:37 AM, Martin Blais wrote:
> That, and the ability to already parse it from Python and more easily > convert to other formats (one of LaTeX's weaknesses), are the only > benefits that I can see to switching away from LaTeX. I have to admit > I'm afraid we would be moving to a lesser technology, and the driver > for that seems to be people's reluctance to work with the more > powerful, more complex tool. Not saying it is invalid (it's about > people, in the end), but I still don't see what's the big problem with > LaTeX. I'm a fan of LaTeX (and latex, er, oops :) too, but what appeals to me most about moving to reST is that the tool chain simplifies considerably. Even with a nice distro packaging system it can be a PITA to get all the tools you need to build the documentation properly installed. A pure-Python solution, even a lesser one, would be a win if we can still produce top quality online and written documentation from one source. - -Barry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBRlMC7XEjvBPtnXfVAQJoFQQAjvYsXamif459t34X4Bn00G0S1b3qeM1Y PhwdAC5cuCpMoopVl+9vtjjcP4Np9P0buY09H+mLwv0nAZRNF7HT3xDr/U65FiX+ Aa7B9+3jVqRGg1+R6oYRKuPUmcLrBFESy6thKkw9audVsT5jgpBM9m9Y405QSIEU MvK7hYrYBqQ= =Jdbt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
