[lug] Latex and SGML

[Wayde Allen]

On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, David Outteridge wrote:

>       Sure, I could take a step up to bat.  If somebody has a "portable" Linux
>   platform
>   with a fairly complete implementation of LaTeX/TeX I could check out, I'd be
>   glad to
>   prepare a presentation on how to use it, what the various steps are in
>   generating
>   a document, what it's major advantages/disadvantages are, etc.  [My PowerPC
>   has
>   a full-blown version of the latest TeX stuff on it, but it is a strange
>   flavor of Linux, and
>   is hardly portable].
>   
>       -- Dave Lovering
>       -- 303-497-5662
>       -- lovering at boulder.nist.gov
> 
> You could use my machine if you like.
>   
> I use LaTeX all the time, I have written hundreds of pages of it.  My
> "slides" for the August Emacs presentation are written in LaTeX.  If
> Wayde tells me how, I'll put the source code where everyone can get at
> it.

I just sent an e-mail to our new web master yesterday suggesting that we
might make a place for things like this.  Will have to see what he comes
up with.


- Wayde
  (wallen at boulder.nist.gov)