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Re: sgml authoring




On Fri, 10 Apr 1998, Damon Muller wrote:

> On this topic, sort of...
> 
> I'm going to be writing a Masters thesis this year (ie. approx 30k words),
> and I'm planning on doing it in Linux (drag myself kicking and screaming
> into the Emacs documentation...).
> 
> The possibilities I am looking as as to format are the ubiquitous LaTeX, or
> the newer contender, SGML. I don't know any of either, so I'm going to have
> to learn something from scratch, but I'm wondering if anyone has any
> recomendations as to which is easier to learn and use. I do know a little
> HTML.
> 
> I know that SGML can be converted to LaTex and lots of other stuff, LaTex
> to HTML, RTF all that stuff, so either would prolly be alright.
> 
I would recommend Latex to be safe. I know lots of people have
already written thesis with Latex, but no one in SGML.  

King Lee


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