Re: [NTG-context] Context, LaTeX, or an XML for academic writing?

2005-05-12 Thread CB
Ville Voipio wrote: I am not saying HTML is bad and PDF good. HTML is extremely good for many purposes. Wiki is a good example of this, and so are many web pages. But as HTML is not necessarily a good form for a book, concentrating on PDF is probably a better idea. I hadn't thought of half the

Re: [NTG-context] Context, LaTeX, or an XML for academic writing?

2005-05-10 Thread CB
Hi Ville, Thanks for your reply. I don't have much more to say on this yet, but have added a few comments below. I was in a similar situation a few years ago (writing my PhD thesis). I think you are absolutely right when you avoid Word and everything Wordish. Making a big document with Word re

[NTG-context] Context, LaTeX, or an XML for academic writing?

2005-05-08 Thread CB
proper look at the nature of the available macros yet) . Would anyone with 1st hand knowledge of writing in academia care to comment either on the above or your own reasons for your choice of tools? I am doing my own research on all this stuff, but I know that until I get into the fray,