[lug] Latex and SGML

[Wayde Allen]

On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, David Emile Lamy wrote:

> I feel this would be a very useful talk as this is the type document
> processing that comes with every Linux distribution.

Very true

> The documents marked up by TeX are beautiful, but there is a learning
> curve.  However, I feel this is one application that we should stress as
> one of the strong points for using Linux.

Yes, and I resisted getting into LaTeX until relatively recently myself.
However, I found it wasn't nearly as scary as it looked.  My recent
papers are all written using LaTeX.

> I have a very basic facility with Tex.  I would be happy to share a talk
> with someone about the TeX family of applications.

We might be able to collaborate on something here.  However, if there is
someone on the list who is a real "guru" with this stuff I'm hoping they
might step up to the plate.  

Let's see, Dave Lovering has been using LaTeX/TeX for many more years than
I.  Oh Dave ... ?

I'd also like to learn more about SGML.  Any SGML people out there? 

- Wayde
  (wallen at boulder.nist.gov)