Re: [TCLUG:21152] electronic lecture notes

[Scott Dier <dieman@ringworld.org>]

Nevermind XML isn't a 'format' per se.  Its more like SGML, but
modernised. (well, yeah. thats stretching it)

Html sucks for math too.  Your best bet is to use latex/poscript, or
check out the tex->java thing thats up here:

http://www.math.umn.edu/~garrett/a06/Sample.html

Neat little thing that shows tex in an applet. :)


* Ben Kochie <ben@nerp.net> [000910 22:48]:
> one of my old CS profs used latex all the time for his
> notes/handouts/testes.. he didn't use anything like lyx.. all hand-coded
> in emacs.. but he was kinda a wierd guy :)  I think a more modern aproach
> would be HTML or XML.
> 
> Thank You,
>         Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)
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> On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, Timothy Wilson wrote:
> 
> > Hey everyone,
> > 
> > I'd like to begin putting my lecture notes and overhead projector
> > transparencies in electronic format. I wonder if someone has a quick
> > recommendation.
> > 
> > Whatever method, I'm planning on writing in plain text for maximum
> > compatibility. That suggests something like vim/emacs + one of the 'roffs,
> > TeX, LaTeX/LyX, SGML, XML, HTML... I've got some experience with DocBook,
> > but I don't think that will really fit the bill. If I did use DocBook, I
> > would have to do a lot of work on my own custom stylesheet.
> > 
> > Anyone created a template for LyX before?
> > 
> > Any other DTDs that would work well for this.
> > 
> > The possibility of using XML is attractive because I could begin to do some
> > really fun things with indexing and searching old lectures, including
> > multimedia bits, and other coolness.
> > 
> > I'd love to get some feedback on this.
> > 
> > -Tim
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