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<TeXmacs|1.0.5.10>
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<tmdoc-title|Limitations of the current <LaTeX> converters>
<paragraph*|Limitations of the <TeXmacs> to <LaTeX> converter>
Some of the <TeXmacs> primitives have no analogues in <LaTeX>. When
converting such primitives from <TeXmacs> into <LaTeX>, they will usually
be either ignored or replaced by an approximative translation. A (probably
incomplete) list of <TeXmacs> features with no <LaTeX> counterparts is as
follows:
<\itemize>
<item>Left primes.
<item>Big separators between big parentheses.
<item>Trees.
<item>Certain features of tables (background color, cell span, vertical
alignment, <abbr|etc.>).
<item>Complex user macros.
<item>Vertical spaces ``before'' and ``after''.
<item>Indentation flags ``before'' and ``after''.
<item>Most types of interactive content: hyperlinks, actions, sessions,
tags for the presentation mode, animations and sounds, etc.
</itemize>
In addition, several issues are only partially implemented:
<\itemize>
<item>Non standard fonts.
<item>Certain table properties
<item>Style parameters.
</itemize>
Of course, there are also differences between the typesetting algorithms
used by <TeXmacs> and <TeX>/<LaTeX>, so the <TeXmacs> to <LaTeX> is not
intended to be <em|wysiwyg>.
<paragraph*|Limitations of the <LaTeX> to <TeXmacs> converter>
As explained in the introduction, the conversion of <LaTeX> documents into
<TeXmacs> is more problematic than conversions the other way around. Only a
subset of <LaTeX> can be converted to <TeXmacs> in a fully reliable way.
This subset comprises virtually all common constructs, including macro
definitions and the additional macros uses by the <TeXmacs> to <LaTeX>
converter. However, the converter has no knowledge about style parameters.
In particular, it cannot be used for the conversion of <LaTeX> style files.
<tmdoc-copyright|1998--2005|Joris van der Hoeven>
<tmdoc-license|Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free
Documentation License".>
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