- From: Paul Rarey <Paul.Rarey@systems.dhl.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 17:51:50 +0100
- To: Multiple recipients of list <www-html@www0.cern.ch>
On Jan 26, 23:22, Bill Brooks wrote: > Subject: Re: A Modest Proposal [ Portion Deleted ] }There certainly is a "cross-platform standard for defining an }equation, it's called "LaTeX". I've often wondered why the authors of }HTML just didn't adopt and/or adapt it instead of reinventing the }wheel and coming up with Yet Another Language. Where's the ftp://??/?? for the LaTeX Windows & MAC viewers? }Also, the way some scientists are distributing technical material over }the web involves running their original LaTeX file through a }LaTeX-to-HTML translator which move all mathmatical figures into .gif }files. Sending all of these .gif files over the 'Net can't be more }efficient than just sending LaTeX markup codes, which are just ASCII }text. Where is one of these xlators? I'd love to have one. -- Cheers! [ psr ]
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