Re: [9fans] troff book

[hugo rivera <uair00@gmail.com>]

I think I'll reconsider using troff for my thesis, because some math
is sure to come across. But learning more about troff is indeed
useful.

2011/12/2 simon softnet <ph.softnet@gmail.com>:
> By the way, I am currently forced to use LaTeX.
> It's because formulas look nicer, and also because my current
> supervisor asks me to.
>
> I was thinking of writing a program that accepts a file formated with
> -ms or -me macros and translates it to LaTeX equivalent macros. This
> way, I would hopefully have the best of both worlds: the elegance of
> troff syntax and the neatness of TeX output.
> Is anyone interested in helping me out?
>
> Simon.
>
> On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 11:24 PM, simon softnet <ph.softnet@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have written my bachelor's thesis (80 pages with graphs, tables,
>> diagrams, equations, etc..) in pure troff -me.
>> It went as smooth as I could ever hope for.
>> LaTeX is much more difficult to use, IMO.
>>
>> Simon.
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 10:02 PM,  <tlaronde@polynum.com> wrote:
>>> On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 10:45:24AM -0800, John Floren wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > There was even a bunch of connections last week because somebody was
>>>> > looking for TeX on phones... (I don't know why, but the community marvel
>>>> > named TeXlive didn't seem to be the first choice in this case...)
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> Ah, I think that was due to me... I read
>>>> http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3264341 and suggested that they
>>>> take a look at kerTeX :)
>>>
>>> Yes, you were one of the two (the other one has identified himself
>>> now... ;)). [I suspected this from the initials of the author of the
>>> mail.]
>>>
>>> And for others, BTW, if LaTeX sure works, it's because John was
>>> brave enough to try and not to give up after initial errors.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> --
>>>        Thierry Laronde <tlaronde +AT+ polynum +dot+ com>
>>>                      http://www.kergis.com/
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>>>
>



-- 
Hugo