From: Bil Kleb <Bil.Kleb@...>
Date: 2004-12-29T19:31:47+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Text::Hyphen 1.0.0

Kaspar Schiess wrote:
> 
> I guess we could give you a good prediction about future package 
> availability if you tell us what you are looking for.

Currently, I am pining[1] for RedCloth#to_latex.

> Where does your interest come from?

The need to disseminate scientific research findings
in both paper and electronic formats (a significant
component of NASA's charter).

Paper format is in the bag, PDF is almost there but still
unsatisfying, e.g.,

  http://techreports.larc.nasa.gov/ltrs/PDF/2004/aiaa/NASA-aiaa-2004-2627.pdf

but web-based dissemination is far behind due to the web's
failure to render complex mathematics and the lack of
display resolution (dots per inch).

Ideally, I'd write once with humane markup and publish
appropriately in all three formats without fanfare.

> Is it just the 'Oh-No-Word-Messed-Up-My-Text' horror ?

Actually, I've never really used Word -- troff+eqn+tbl
and then LaTeX.

Regards,
-- 
Bil Kleb, Hampton, Virginia
http://fun3d.larc.nasa.gov

fn1. Possibly the second definition: to yearn intensely
and persistently especially for something unattainable