[TriLUG] latex & thesis prep - what am i getting into?

[Ed Hill]

On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 11:12, Mike Mueller wrote:
> 
> I thought someone would mention DocBook in this thread.  Is db not used for 
> dissertations? IANAGS.


Hi Mike,

Generally, people choose commercial word processors because they're
familiar with them.  They choose LaTeX (or similar) because they want
their math to look good.

I've seen theses and dissertations produced using:

  - LaTeX and other TeX-based distributions
  - WordPerfect
  - MS Word
  - typewriter
  - nroff/troff (!)

but none using an SGML- or XML-based package like DocBook.  If anyone
has done it or knows of an example, please post it to the list.  I'd
like to see how well it handles math.

Ed

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