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From: siegman@sierra.STANFORD.EDU (siegman)
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Subject: [comp.edu] Tex Verus SGML for Scholarly Publishing?
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Date: 6 Aug 90 17:42:53 GMT
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    I'm involved in a planning effort exploring computerized
manuscript preparation/typesetting packages for technical manuscripts
for professional journals, professional societies, book manuscripts,
and so on.  Prime candidates seem to be TeX and SGML (or is it SMGL?),
which I gather is IBM's (?) "Standard Graphics Markup Language" (?).
It's been claimed that SGML is much more widely used "commercially" or
in "commercial publishing" than is TeX.

    Anyone familiar with the relative status of TeX and SMGL for
"commercial" or "professional" publishing, especially of scholarly or
technical manuscripts?  In particular:

1) Any journals or publishers that accept author-prepared manuscripts
on-line, or via magnetic media, in TeX or in SGML?

2) Any available versions of SGML that will run (i.e., produce typeset
output and/or on-screen previewing) on the Mac, or IBM PCs?

3) Anyone with experience and comments on producing _math_ (typeset
equations) with SGML?  Does it have anywhere near the capabilities and
ease of use of TeX?

I guess my preference shows through even in the questions above, but
I'd appreciate information on both systems.

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