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Re: LateXinfo?

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From: Mike Clarkson
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 1990 03:51
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In article <9011091004.AA15290@wubios.wustl.edu> david@WUBIOS.WUSTL.EDU (David J. Camp) writes:
>I know next-to-nothing about TeX, LaTeX, etc.  I heard a message
>suggesting that LaTeX was better than TeX, so why don't we use 
>that?  

LaTeX is better than TeX.

>The answer was that texinfo was used to generate online
>documentation as well as printed media, and LaTeX could not do
>that.  Someone said something about latexinfo being a solution.

Latexinfo will generate online documentation as well as printed media.

>If there is such a thing (latexinfo), then it seems reasonable
>for the emacs help facility to support it.

It does.

>Is anyone working on this?  -David-

I am.

Mike.


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From: mike@ists.ists.ca (Mike Clarkson)
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Subject: Re: LateXinfo?
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