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Ruud Harmsen wrote:
> 30 Aug 2006 15:52:09 -0700: "Peter T. Daniels"
> <grammatim@xxxxxxxxxxx>: in sci.lang:
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> >> >Does Word claim to be able to interpret LaTeX formatting programming?
> >>
> >> Does it need to? Any text editor, including Word, can be used to edit
> >> text.
> >
> >But, as you-all inform me, much of the "text" gotten from LaTeX will be
> >control codes and other such programming. Do you now expect any random
> >reader to be able to deal with all that junk cluttering up their text?
>
> ANY reader? No, the technically competent and skilled translator.
Hunh? What does "technically competent and skilled translator" have to
do with users of word processors? Why should a scholar of, say,
Spenser's epic poetry be "technically competent" in programming LaTeX?
(Let alone a "translator.")
> But then of course, a better solution would be to use a tool that
> hides and protects the codes, as DejaVu does with HTML etc. I don't
> think it has a LaTex filter, though.
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