mirror of https://github.com/texmacs/doc.git
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3.0 KiB
Tcl
60 lines
3.0 KiB
Tcl
<TeXmacs|1.99.8>
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<style|<tuple|tmdoc|english|old-spacing>>
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<\body>
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<tmdoc-title|Introduction>
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<TeXmacs> offers high quality converters to and from <LaTeX>. For simple
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documents, it suffices to use <menu|File|Export|LaTeX> <abbr|resp.>
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<menu|File|Import|LaTeX>. However, in order to take fully advantage out of
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the converts, it is necessary to understand some particularities of
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<LaTeX>.
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First of all, it should be emphasized that <TeX>/<LaTeX> is <em|not> a data
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format. Indeed, <TeX> is a programming language for which no real
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standardization process has taken place: valid <TeX> programs are defined
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as those which are recognized by the <TeX> program. In particular, there
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exists no formal specification of the language and it is not even clear
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what should be considered to be a valid <TeX> document. As a consequence of
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this, a converter from <LaTeX> to <TeXmacs> can only be designed to be 100%
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reliable for a (substantial) subset of the <TeX>/<LaTeX> language.
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A second important point is that publishers usually impose additional
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constraints on the kind of <LaTeX> documents which they accept for
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submissions. For instance, certain journals provide additional macros for
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title information, theorems, specific layout features, etc. Other journals
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forbid for the definition of new macros in the preamble. Since <TeXmacs> is
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<em|not> a <TeX>/<LaTeX> front-end, it is difficult for us to write
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specific code for each possible journal. Nevertheless, some general
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principles do hold, and we will describe below how to customize the
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converter so as to make the conversion process as simple and automatic as
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possible.
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Another point which should be stressed is that <TeXmacs> aims to provide a
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strict superset of <TeX>/<LaTeX>. This not completely the case yet, but it
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is already true that many features in <TeXmacs> admit no direct analogues
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in <TeX>/<LaTeX> or one of its packages. This is for instance the case for
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computer algebra sessions, folding, actions, graphics and presentations,
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but also for certain typesetting constructs, like vertical alignment and
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background filling in tables. When using such additional features, you
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should be prepared that they will not be converted correctly to <LaTeX>.
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Finally, when preparing journal papers with <TeXmacs>, <em|please> consider
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submitting them in <TeXmacs> format. The editors of the journal will
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probably force you to convert your paper to <LaTeX>, but repeated
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submissions in <TeXmacs> format will put pressure upon them to accept this
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new format.
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<tmdoc-copyright|1998--2005|Joris van der Hoeven>
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<tmdoc-license|Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
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document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1
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or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no
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Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover
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Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free
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Documentation License".>
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</body>
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