On Tue, 12 Sep 2000 bob at math.umn.edu > More that TeX is an unstructured standard. Understandable, but that must really translate to: TeX is an unstructured standard that gives me headaches. Linux/Unix is an unstructured standard that gives me joy. <grin> > On a frequent basis I deal > with people who receive Tex files they are unable to process. Often > this is because of different versions, missing sty files, and so forth. Well, sure. This would color my opinion too. > If everyone used the _same_ TeX, then it might be as useful as HTML. :^o Or as perverted... ;) > My reaction is, however, mostly emotional. Too many unsolvable problems > seen to have my reaction be anything but negative. And I have never had an *unsolvable* problem. That's not to say I've never had annoying ones, or that I'm a whiz -- I may be doing a simple set of things. But the day I got LaTeX running on my laptop was beautiful -- Now I can typeset anything anywhere! > Not, of course, that I have a good alternative in mind. After all, my > American prerogative is to whine. :^) You bet. And in your case, I'll even listen! Cheers, Phil M -- Lottery: a tax on people who are bad at math --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org