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[M Singh <address@hidden>]

On Tuesday 08 February 2005 12:13, Offray Vladimir Luna Cárdenas wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I recognice that format Importing/exporting is an important issue, but
> definitely using Word as a Scitific Word Processor is not the best way
> to follow. Some advisors are pretty used with their informatics tools
> and dont want to learn anymore, but learning TeXmacs is a valuable
> learning in a University environment. Could you sugest your advisor to
> use TeXmacs instead (now is available for Windows also).?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Offray

Have you ever had to deal with Professors set in their ways ?

Why would anyone want to use texmacs, excellently designed as it is, when 
almost every journal/conference that I am aware of uses LaTeX / Word (a few 
wordperfect friendly organizations are still out there, but they are a dying 
breed).

I do not wish to restart an argument that was settled in one way a long time 
ago, but until .tm format becomes widely accepted in major journals/ at major 
conferences, texmacs, for all its simplicity and elegance, will not be a tool 
of choice for anyone.

This is not a flame, just a recognition of hard reality. I use texmacs for 
writing short group reports that are meant for internal circulation, but when 
it is time to submit a paper or do any other stuff that involves co-authors, 
it is back to LaTeX / Word again.