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Re: Hypertext extensions to TeX: anyone doing it?

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From: John Robinson
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 1990 14:38
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In article <114808@ti-csl.csc.ti.com>, fritz@m2 (Fritz Whittington) writes:
>In article <3117@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> cjoslyn@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Cliff Joslyn) writes:
>>				      It seems quite obvious to me that a
>>hybrid TeX/Hypertext markup language would be an ideal first step
>>towards the development of a truly flexible, portable environment for
>>the collaborative, professional construction of structured documents. 
>1)  I use LaTeX and TeX and like them; there are all sorts of reasons
>why...
>2)  I haven't seen the markup language you refer to...
>BUT
>I think that a markup language that conforms to SGML is probably the
>better way to go.

I agree.  Another thread that is a little more interactive is built on
GNU emacs info/texinfo, where the info side is live, yet you still get
the TeX side to spool off to hardcopy (or, eventually, to the
rendering program for your WS).
--
/jr, nee John Robinson     Life did not take over the globe by combat,
jr@bbn.com or bbn!jr          but by networking -- Lynn Margulis
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