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From: thomas@gmdzi.UUCP (Thomas Gordon)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: Publisher (was Re: WYSIWYG GUI front end's for LaTeX)
Message-ID: <2185@gmdzi.UUCP>
Date: 9 Apr 90 07:54:00 GMT
References: <975@red.qtp.ufl.edu>
Organization: GMD, Sankt Augustin, F. R. Germany
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From article <975@red.qtp.ufl.edu>, by bernhold@qtp.ufl.edu (David E. Bernholdt):
> In article <1990Apr2.220415.1972@ee.rochester.edu> davis@ee.rochester.edu (Al Davis) writes:
>>[[ numerous complaints about Publisher ]]

> A lot can change in a year.  We've had the product since it was
> introduced, and its gone through a lot of changes.  Many of Al's
> complaints have been addressed by subsequent revisions.  But more
> important, I think are the remarks below...

> The intent of the Publisher (by my understanding) is primarily to use
> SGML for document description and TeX as a formatting engine.  They
> store files in their own format.  Their "translators" produce TeX
> as an intermediate, prepratory to making a DVI and then (typically) as
> PS file.  
> 

We use SGML pure, without a nice GUI, and translate into TeX
(actually LaTeX) using an SGML parser from the University of
Amesterdam.  Now, some of us might be interested in a system like
Publisher, but we need to use our own SGML document types.  Is this
possible with Publisher?

Thanks,

Thomas F. Gordon                    email: thomas@gmdzi.uucp
GMD / F3	                    phone: (+49 2241) 14-2665
Schloss Birlinghoven
D-5205 Sankt Augustin 1, FRG
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Thomas F. Gordon                    email: thomas@gmdzi.uucp
GMD / F3	                    phone: (+49 2241) 14-2665
Schloss Birlinghoven
D-5205 Sankt Augustin 1, FRG