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Hi Ryan,

On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 09:40:10PM +0200, address@hidden wrote:
> I really like the look of TeXmacs but am unsure of the best way to put it
> to use in my routine. My field is philosophy, so my articles may contain
> logical symbols, general arguments, definitions, etc.
>
> I am an avid user of FreeMind
> (http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) to create
> structured documents - in the sense of highly structured content that is
> later converted into a document. I have defined physical styles for such
> categories as
> title, section, subsection, quotation, etc.
>
> This approach is very effective as I have granular control over my work and
> a strong visual element that aids organization. But then, I convert my
> document and no real structure remains. I can see the structure visually
> but the document itself contains none, which is a shame.
>
> Does anyone have any opinions on integrating TeXmacs into this process?
> FreeMind exports HTML and TeXmacs imports it, but again, the structure is
> not maintained in any meaningful may. Any opinions on using the two tools
> together?

I never heard about FreeMind. Anyway, if there is a precise document format,
then it should be possible to write a converter for TeXmacs which preserves
structure.
No idea about how much work that would be though.

Best wishes, Joris

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• finding a role for TeXmacs, ryanc, 09/16/2007
  • Re: [TeXmacs] finding a role for TeXmacs, Joris van der Hoeven, 09/17/2007

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