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It's time for a change


From: Arthur Schwarz
Subject: It's time for a change
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2015 07:54:15 -0700

"TeX works with virtually all printers; Info works with virtually all
computer terminals; the HTML output works with virtually all web browsers.
Thus Texinfo and its output can be used by almost any computer user. "

You can produce an unattractive document on virtually all printers and
computer terminals and produce unattractive HTML and pdf documents.

"Texinfo was devised for the purpose of writing software documentation and
manuals. It is not, and was never intended to be, a general-purpose
formatting program. If you need to lay out a newspaper, devise a glossy
magazine ad, or follow the exact formatting requirements of a publishing
house, Texinfo is not the simplest tool."

Perhaps it's time to rethink a 30 year old theology.

art

 
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