On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 12:03:44PM +1000, Shao Zhang wrote > Hi, > Recently, I have read a lot about SGML. It gives me the > impression that it is very hard to learn and very very > powerfull. > > However, I still don't have a clue that in what circumstances I > should use SGML instead of others. Should I write a thesis > report in SGML or LaTeX? Would it be idea for a general document > that one would normally write in Word? > > Thanks for any help in advance. >
I use SGML for two reasons: - For documents where I want to maintain a single source but want to produce a range of output formats (e.g. .html, .ps, .rtf, .dvi) - For the sheer joy of using psgml so I don't have to memorise a document grammar. John P. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mdt.net.au/~john Debian Linux admin & support:technical services