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[Joris van der Hoeven <address@hidden>]

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