mailing-list for TeXmacs Users

[Massimiliano Gubinelli <address@hidden>]

The problem is not the PDF, one can already submit PDFs to arXiv, the problem is about allowing us to deposit also source files, so that they do not get lost. I do not think we can convince arXiv to support TeXmacs as a build system, but already a rationalization of the TeX format allowed is very good news. I think something we can lobby for is a document format for technical papers which then can be targeted by editors and easily converted in other formats (LaTeX, TeXmacs, PDF,  HTML, ….) Still, this would be a complex task, so for the moment a minimal subset of LaTeX could be ideal. If arXiv decide to support a particular package as “blessed & long term support” then people could be nudged to follow. In a similar way that journals require a format, then arXiv could also require their own format.

Max

 

On 30 Jun 2023, at 19:38, Giovanni Piredda <address@hidden> wrote:

On 30/06/23 15:43, Álvaro Tejero Cantero wrote:

Dear TeXmacsers,

 

In the past there has been some frustration about the ArXiv policy towards submissions prepared with TeXmacs.

Dear Álvaro, dear all,

of course I think this is a good opportunity.

On the other hand, I had understood that ArXiv now accepts pdf documents generated by TeXmacs, please see https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/texmacs-dev/2021-11/msg00041.html ---which might be also in part due to successful coordinated lobbying/pressure/pleading by several people who care about TeXmacs.