[Python-Dev] status of development documentation

[Brett Cannon]

On 12/21/05, Barry Warsaw <barry at python.org> wrote:
[SNIP]
> Maybe it's just because I came in late on this thread, but what exactly
> is broken about the current LaTeX documentation?
>

Well, the toolchain is not necessarily installed on everyone's
computer.  Plus not everyone knows LaTeX comparative to other possible
markup languages we could be using.

Personally I am fine with LaTeX, but that is because I *learned* LaTeX
to be able to edit the Python docs and have continued to use it for my
school assignments.

-Brett