"Ken" <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote in message
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> Ken wrote:
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> > >   Btw, LaTeX is not only a geeks' tool. It's really used quite a lot
for
> > > serious publications (specially scientific ones).
> >
> > Were it not for the rare mention of it here in the news groups I would
> > have never heard of it.
>
> I just got back home from a major software retailer and they neither
> carry nor have ever heard of LaTeX.

    I've heard of it, but I have never heard of any serious writer who uses
it for final product. But then, I mostly know about the habits of fiction
writers, not technical writers.

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>     I've heard of it, but I have never heard of any serious writer who
uses
> it for final product. But then, I mostly know about the habits of fiction
> writers, not technical writers.
>
>

To quote Stephen King from the afterword of his latest novel "Dreamcatcher"

    "This book was written with the world's finest word
        processor, a Waterman cartridge fountain pen."

Pardon me while I veer on topic.  I would rather see several normal books
(300 pages) rather than a single 1000+ page luggable.  Some suggestions are

    1) Intro to POV (like an update of raytracing creations).
    2) POV animation
    3) POV Hardcore( see the test) Macro madness?
    4) 3rd party Tools for use with POV(Moray, Rhino, Poser...)

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Springer is using an own TeX System, which is similar to LaTeX. And you
won't find any mathematical publication, which is not written in TeX or
tools build on TeX. But I doubt if it's an elegant solution for the layout
of an raytracing book.

Florian Pesth

"Ken" <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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>
> Ken wrote:
>
> > >   Btw, LaTeX is not only a geeks' tool. It's really used quite a lot
for
> > > serious publications (specially scientific ones).
> >
> > Were it not for the rare mention of it here in the news groups I would
> > have never heard of it.
>
> I just got back home from a major software retailer and they neither
> carry nor have ever heard of LaTeX.
>
> --
> Ken Tyler

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"Tom Galvin" <tom### [at] nospamdataforgecom> wrote :
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> To quote Stephen King from the afterword of his latest novel
"Dreamcatcher"
>
>     "This book was written with the world's finest word
>         processor, a Waterman cartridge fountain pen."

    I'll bet his editor doesn't agree with that sentiment.


> Pardon me while I veer on topic.  I would rather see several normal books
> (300 pages) rather than a single 1000+ page luggable.  Some suggestions
are
>
>     1) Intro to POV (like an update of raytracing creations).
>     2) POV animation
>     3) POV Hardcore( see the test) Macro madness?
>     4) 3rd party Tools for use with POV(Moray, Rhino, Poser...)

    Good divisions, either for a single book -or- multiple books.

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Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
: I just got back home from a major software retailer and they neither
: carry nor have ever heard of LaTeX.

  It's clear that you people don't have an academic background.

-- 
#macro N(D)#if(D>99)cylinder{M()#local D=div(D,104);M().5,2pigment{rgb M()}}
N(D)#end#end#macro M()<mod(D,13)-6mod(div(D,13)8)-3,10>#end blob{
N(11117333955)N(4254934330)N(3900569407)N(7382340)N(3358)N(970)}//  - Warp -

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Warp wrote:
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> Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
> : I just got back home from a major software retailer and they neither
> : carry nor have ever heard of LaTeX.
> 
>   It's clear that you people don't have an academic background.

Has your father ever used LaTeX?

-- 
Ken Tyler

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"Ken" <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote in message
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> Warp wrote:
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> > Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
> > : I just got back home from a major software retailer and they neither
> > : carry nor have ever heard of LaTeX.
> >
> >   It's clear that you people don't have an academic background.
>
> Has your father ever used LaTeX?

    Considering Warp's behavior, the more pertinent question is didn't his
father ever use the leather?

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"Tom Galvin" <tom### [at] nospamdataforgecom> wrote in message
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> >     I've heard of it, but I have never heard of any serious writer who
> uses
> > it for final product. But then, I mostly know about the habits of
fiction
> > writers, not technical writers.
> >
> >
>
> To quote Stephen King from the afterword of his latest novel
"Dreamcatcher"

It's debatable whether or not we wish to emulate Stephen King.  I would say
"no" :)

Seriously, I think any common format (.doc, .pdf, or even .txt) should be
enough for individual contributions.  All of them are easily inserted into
other publications and, as long as it's nothing fancier than these, I
wouldn't imagine it being too much more difficult than just having a host of
.doc files.  Of course, I'm not an editor :)

...Chambers

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On Sat, 2 Feb 2002 01:35:26 -0000, "Rick [Kitty5]" <ric### [at] kitty5com>
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>I doubt anyone in there right mind would write an entire book in a single
>word doc :)

Bruce Eckel writes his in Word, and they are 1000+ pages each.


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"Peter Popov" <pet### [at] vipbg> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 2 Feb 2002 01:35:26 -0000, "Rick [Kitty5]" <ric### [at] kitty5com>
> wrote:
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> >I doubt anyone in there right mind would write an entire book in a single
> >word doc :)
>
> Bruce Eckel writes his in Word, and they are 1000+ pages each.

    Many authors use MSWord for large books, but Rick may be right that they
don't use only one file. The outline for my book includes 32 files so far.
Hopefully each file will become a chapter.

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