* Mate Nagy <mnagy_AT_port70.net> [2009-09-05 10:19]:
> This is the most serious drawback of TeX. Documents should look like
> how the user wants them, not how the author wants them.
I think a major requirement is that the author (and user) need to be sure
that the user is able to see the author's stuff unaltered despite user and
author using different tools/environments. This, of course, for the sake of
understanding, or better -- for the sake of no misunderstanding due to
formatting issues.
The point is that the user is often *forced* to see a document in the way
his tool shows it, which might differ from how the author sees it, e.g.
due to different interpretation of CSS in browsers.
I agree, ideally, the user should be able to see the stuff in a way he/she
likes it, too. And this is not possible with a generated typesetted pdf/ps
document. But if the author provides the source code (TeX) too, this should
be good enough for the user.
-- cheers stanio_Received on Sat Sep 05 2009 - 09:22:35 UTC
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