mailing-list for TeXmacs Users

[Pablo S. Casas <address@hidden>]

Dear TeXmacs users:

   I'd like to have attended the workshop, because the treated issues
seem very attractive to me. But I haven't been able to find any (but
Alvaro's tamiz.tiddlyspace.com) detailed register about what has been
treated these days. So any document, video, etc. in this direction
would be very appreciated.

   I write my recommendations to each question in order of importance.

> ! What would you like to happen with TeXmacs?
1) TeXmacs .tm files being accepted by scientific journals.
2) Including better tools to create presentations.
3) Becoming more stable in what refers to crashes.

> ! What are the most important bugs?
I use Qt 1.0.7.14 version on Linux:
1) Many times but not always, I have to completely remove
   ~/.TeXmacs/system/tmp in order to start TeXmacs. Otherwise it keeps
   on using more and more memory and one process of CPU, until
   freezing the whole Linux system.
2) I cannot use the undo function repeatedly, because many times it
   makes TeXmacs to crash.
3) Ps graphics generated by Matplotlib are not rendered correctly
   inside Qt TeXmacs (the size is smaller than the real one), but in
   the exported pdf document they are depicted in the right size.

> ! What would be best for TeXmacs to become adopted?
1) TeXmacs format being accepted by scientific journals.
2) Include better tools to create presentations.
3) Good promotion of the main skills: wysiwyg, interface to maxima and
   other programs by showing mathematical formulas in printed format.

> ! How to organize TeXmacs as a community
1) Improve TeXmacs lists as it is common in other forums these days,
   where it is easy to do searches and answer others' posts. I think
   email lists are a bit obsolete.
2) Many times questions in texmacs-users list remain unanswered. That
   prevents users to improve handling TeXmacs and show a poor image.
   If there are no answer to users doubts, the forum shouldn't exist.
3) There should be some rules on the forums operation and fixed posts
   on the main topics.

> ! What kind of documentation would you like to see more?
1) Besides a more detailed the manual, the key to learn TeXmacs are
   examples. There should be more examples available to users, showing
   TeXmacs capabilities.
2) Maybe some videos or tutorials would help understanding TeXmacs.

> ! How should TeXmacs be publicized
1) The TeXmacs potential is enormous, so any improvement in the actual
   state or achieving a more stable version will serve as publicity.
2) Perhaps creating some web applications TeXmacs based, as sage has
   for instance, so any user can try TeXmacs without installing it.

> ! What do you think you could contribute?
1) Sending some of my .tm documents.
2) Helping other users in questions I already solved.