From: "Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd)" <P.Taylor@Rhul.Ac.Uk>
To: Paul Isambert <zappathustra@free.fr>
Cc: texhax@tug.org, mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: [texhax] Choosing TeX um ... stuff
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:56:49 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4CE50671.7010609@Rhul.Ac.Uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1290031564.4ce451cc54c84@imp.free.fr>
Paul Isambert wrote:
> And plain TeX doesn't have a lot of documentation. Anyway there isn't much to
> document. Basically using plain TeX means you need a very good knowledge of the
> engine, and you'll write tons of macros (in a way there are no plain TeX users,
> only users of personal formats based on plain).
All true, except for the first part, where there is plenty of
documentation available : The TeXbook, TeX by Topic, SvB's
mammoth \TeX} in Practice, plus many others listed at Nelson
Beebe's http://ftp.math.utah.edu/pub//tex/bib/texbook1.html
> Philip, plain TeX isn't exactly mainstream anymore, and ConTeXt probably beats
> it on this point. And ConTeXt is already more than 15 years old, so it's not so
> new, although it does keep moving.
I'll address these later : have to leave now.
** Phil.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-11-18 10:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-17 21:23 Peter Davis
2010-11-17 21:38 ` Mojca Miklavec
2010-11-17 21:51 ` Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd)
2010-11-17 22:06 ` Paul Isambert
2010-11-18 8:24 ` [texhax] " Hans Hagen
2010-11-18 8:35 ` luigi scarso
2010-11-18 10:56 ` Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd) [this message]
2010-11-17 22:00 ` Hans Hagen
2010-11-18 1:29 ` Peter Davis
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