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>>>>> "Ruud" == Ruud Harmsen <realemailonsite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> 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?
Ruud> Because they want some control over the structure of what
Ruud> they write? Should an author write an endless list of
Ruud> sentences without any structure, and have someone else make
Ruud> it presentable?
Ruud> As I understand it (but I know very little about Latex), in
Ruud> Latex you specifiy logical structural elements, but not how
Ruud> they should actually look. The latter is handled in style
Ruud> sheets.
Right!
Indeed, most LaTeX users do not write code. They only go to
newsgroups or read HOWTOs to find out the packages that do what they
want, and then use those packages.
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