In article <CDrH06.23L at usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> gilbertd at sunflower.bio.indiana.edu (Don Gilbert) writes:
>>In article <CDrB3v.59n at festival.ed.ac.uk> eang62 at castle.ed.ac.uk (Herbert Sauro) writes:
>>>I have a suggestion that we use TeX/LaTeX to format any mathematical
>>>stuff that we might put into the FAQ, any votes/comments on this? Maybe
>>In article <CDrEp1.HAH.2 at cs.cmu.edu> robert.aarts at vtt.fi writes:
>>I would suggest that the FAQ is in PostScript format instead of (La)Tex
>>and of course in addition to a plain ASCII version.
>>Let me suggest even another format for your needs: RTF, which is
>Microsoft's Rich-Text-Format that many wordprocessors can read and edit.
>-- Don
>-- d.gilbert--biocomputing--indiana u--bloomington--gilbertd at bio.indiana.edu
I don't think it would be wise to use RTF or postscript in a FAQ, they are
fairly bulky notations and also were not designed for easy readability -
especially RTF. If there is a demand for these then I suggest that they
be stored on the archive rather than included in the FAQ.
--> I have just noticed John's example using RTF and PS and I think
we'll all agree there is no point in using these in the FAQ.
So I vote for LaTeX (in preference to TeX - this is better for new
comers I think and in any case the LaTeX notation is simpler than TeX)
and if contributers must include ASCII (which might be better in the
simple cases) then as John has mentioned, do not use TABS, use spaces
instead.
Herbert Sauro
