Hoi, Martin Blais <blais <at> furius.ca> writes:
> About possibilities: I'm sorry but that is simply not true. LaTeX > provides the full power of macro expansion, while ReST is a fixed > (almost, roles are an exception) syntax which has its own set of > problems and ambiguities. I was speaking of rst in comparison with other lightweight markup languages. (textile, markdown, wiki syntax). > 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. The problem with latex is that it requires more knowledge thus the amount of people that can contribute is a lot lower. It's a lot harder to generate a searchindex, do interlinking, generate a dynamic documentation with comments etc. Don't get me wrong, LaTeX is a powerful tool and I use it for every bigger document i type. I just think it's not the best choice for documenting scripting languages. Regards, Armin _______________________________________________ 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
