Re: e-mail formating

[Larry Smith <Larry.Smith@snow.edu>]

I vote for TeX (or LaTeX).  Many of us can read the ASCII source files for
simple things, and we can all find free or shareware viewers that will
format the stuff at typeset quality.  LaTeX is universal, cheap (or free),
and of superior quality (though it doesn't do colors or photos well).

Larry

At 12:23 PM -0500 3/27/97, Richard W. Tarara wrote:
> The software based formats, Maple, MathCad, Mathematica etc. are not
> general enough to be useful other than in private communications.
>
> Another possibility for general use might be HTML.  I notice that Micro$oft
> Internet Mail allow you to send in that format.  I have just sent off a
> test of a rtf document sent as HTML to a colleague who has the same e-mail
> software.  I'll find out what actually comes across.
>
> The HTML format options seem limited--Font, Color, Size, Bold, Italics,
> Underline, and justification.  I don't see options for non-ascii symbols or
> super/sub scripts but that may be a limit of M$ Internet Mail--not HTML.
>
> It is more likely for the e-mail software industry to standardize on HTML
> than a M$ spawned format.
>
> Rick