GNU bug report logs - #54220
[PATCH] doc: Add "Using TeX and LaTeX" chapter.

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2022 09:57:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #25 received at 54220-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
Cc: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>, 54220-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 mail <at> nicolasgoaziou.fr, bauermann <at> kolabnow.com
Subject: Re: bug#54220: [PATCH] doc: Add "Using TeX and LaTeX" chapter.
Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2022 19:28:53 +0100
Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:

[...]

>>> Why single out TeX in particular?
>>
>> You mean LaTeX, right?
>
> Heh, see: that shows how subjective it is :) No, I did mean TeX, because
> in my experience it is extremely uncommon to use TeX directly.

Ah!  I mentioned TeX because technically it’s the basis of everything.

> Nah, it’s fine.  By the time I wrote the last sentence you quoted above
> I had convinced myself that it’s fine to mention TeX (because it’s the
> foundation) and LaTeX (because it’s the most popular).

Alright.

I went ahead and pushed an updated version as
f0efa6afc5f180f778eb320631a71f42bf1b211f.  I kept the section title, but
explicitly mentioned ConTeXt and LuaTeX in the first paragraph.

This is a starting point anyway, so everyone please feel free to update
it as you see fit or when things change.

Thanks for the quick feedback!

Ludo’.




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