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From: "Alex Vinokur" <alexvn@connect.to>
Subject: Re: Convert Word/html/pdf/TeX to Postscript
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:10:29 +0200
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"Roger Leigh" <rleigh@whinlatter.ukfsn.org> wrote in message news:87hdpjfvxz.fsf@whinlatter.whinlatter.ukfsn.org...
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> "Alex Vinokur" <alexvn@connect.to> writes:
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> > "Igor Pechtchanski" wrote in message news:Pine.GSO.4.61.0409270932320.17371@slinky.cs.nyu.edu...
> > [snip]
> >> TeX->PS: need you ask?  LaTeX! :-)
> > [snip]
> >
> > Perhaps, off-topic:
>
> Most probably, but it is included with Cygwin.
>
> > * What TeX/LaTeX is?
>
> It's a macro language and associated tools used for professional
> high-quality typesetting.  It's very nice.
>
> > * Why do we need it an additinon to PostScript and PDF,
>
> It's used to /generate/ PS and PDF (as well as other formats).
>
> > * Who uses TeX/LaTeX ? For what?
>
> Me.  For letters, scientific and technical writing, documentation,
> tutorials; basically any writing more complex than plain text.
> (Sometimes I use groff -ms instead though--that's another typesetting
> system also available with Cygwin.)
>
> > * TeX  vs. LaTeX ?
>
> TeX is the basic program and language primitives.  LaTeX is a set of
> macros "on top" of TeX which make it simpler, easier and more
> convenient to use (i.e. more high level).  It's a similar markup (in
> concept, not appearance) to DocBook, though it allows far more freedom
> and flexibility in terms of fine-tuning and customising the layout.
> It's also much more extensible.
>
> Here's one example:
>   http://people.debian.org/~rleigh/gtk/ogcalc/ogcalc-1.0.4.tar.gz
> If you unpack it, check ogcalc.tex (the source) and ogcalc.pdf (the
> final document).  It makes a use of a good range of features, and adds
> some custom stuff as the top.
>
[snip]

Thanks.

Your explanation helped me.
Also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeX explains the issue very good.


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   Alex Vinokur
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