Re: [Texmacs-dev] major barrier to adoption

[Amir Michail]

Hi,

The problem with this proposal is that it is too complicated.  People
just want something that works without restrictions -- especially hard
to understand ones.

Amir

On 1/13/08, Jeremy Henty <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 10:54:11PM +0100, Henri Lesourd wrote:
>
> > But as soon as your LaTeX is clean (i.e. : it uses only macros built
> > on a set of clean primitives),  then if the import is not absolutely
> > perfect  right now  (although  it  is already  quite  good), it  can
> > definitely be lead to the point of perfection, it's just a matter of
> > time (and contributions ;-).
> > [snip]
> > work for identifying a *clean*  subset of TeX / LaTeX, and implement
> > this "perfect subset" of TeX / LaTeX flawlessly.
>
> I have  posted to  Scott's blog  for details on  what went  wrong with
> importing his  LaTeX.  (I have, I  hope, been careful  to avoid making
> any  promises.  I certainly  don't want  to appear  to be  speaking on
> behalf of  the TeXmacs  devs.)  I believe  maths publishers  are often
> quite  strict about  what macro  packages they  will accept,  so their
> requirements could  be starting point for identifying  a useful "clean
> LaTeX".
>
> Regards,
>
> Jeremy Henty
>
>
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