Re: SGML beginners question
On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 12:03:44PM +1000, Shao Zhang wrote
> Hi,
> Recently, I have read a lot about SGML. It gives me the
> impression that it is very hard to learn and very very
> powerfull.
>
> However, I still don't have a clue that in what circumstances I
> should use SGML instead of others. Should I write a thesis
> report in SGML or LaTeX? Would it be idea for a general document
> that one would normally write in Word?
>
> Thanks for any help in advance.
>
I use SGML for two reasons:
- For documents where I want to maintain a single source but want
to produce a range of output formats (e.g. .html, .ps, .rtf, .dvi)
- For the sheer joy of using psgml so I don't have to memorise a
document grammar.
John P.
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