-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On May 22, 2007, at 10:37 AM, Martin Blais wrote:
That, and the ability to already parse it from Python and more easily convert to other formats (one of LaTeX's weaknesses), are the only benefits that I can see to switching away from LaTeX. I have to admit I'm afraid we would be moving to a lesser technology, and the driver for that seems to be people's reluctance to work with the more powerful, more complex tool. Not saying it is invalid (it's about people, in the end), but I still don't see what's the big problem with LaTeX.
I'm a fan of LaTeX (and latex, er, oops :) too, but what appeals to me most about moving to reST is that the tool chain simplifies considerably. Even with a nice distro packaging system it can be a PITA to get all the tools you need to build the documentation properly installed. A pure-Python solution, even a lesser one, would be a win if we can still produce top quality online and written documentation from one source. - -Barry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (Darwin) iQCVAwUBRlMC7XEjvBPtnXfVAQJoFQQAjvYsXamif459t34X4Bn00G0S1b3qeM1Y PhwdAC5cuCpMoopVl+9vtjjcP4Np9P0buY09H+mLwv0nAZRNF7HT3xDr/U65FiX+ Aa7B9+3jVqRGg1+R6oYRKuPUmcLrBFESy6thKkw9audVsT5jgpBM9m9Y405QSIEU MvK7hYrYBqQ= =Jdbt -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----