[Po4a-devel]Call for a (La)TeX module

Nicolas Pettiaux (AEL) nicolas.pettiaux@ael.be
Mon, 6 Dec 2004 16:59:54 +0100


On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 00:19:33 +0100, Nicolas François wrote
> Hello,
> 
> On Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 08:46:53PM +0100, Martin Quinson wrote:
> > this is a very decent start, please commit it. Just rename it to LaTeX.pm
> > before. The case is important, and Latex is different.
> 
> Do you rather TeX or LaTeX?

definitively LaTeX. It is more flexible.

> Any drawback in converting \\ to \newline?

I don't think so ... provided \newlines is accepted by LaTex (which I
don't remember and can"t find now). 
> 

> Some TeX questions:
>  * Does a line starting by a command has a special meaning when 
> inside a   paragraph?
> 
> For example, I've seen:
> Who
> {}\code{are}
> you?

I do not remember that I had seen such a syntax.

> 
> but also:
> Who
> \code{are}
> you?
> 
>    Are those paragraphs different?
> 
>  * Is there any problem if a space is added at the end of lines?
no
> 
>  * Any idea on how to test the results? (diffing dvi?)

human reading could work ?

Nicolas
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Nicolas Pettiaux