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I find LaTeX an amazing tool and I often wonder why is it neglected by
technical writers. The main motivation for its development was the
need to present technical information clearly and beautifully. In
Knuth's words, TeX is a ``typesetting system intended for the creation
of beautiful books---and especially for books with a lot of
mathematics.''
I found very few references to LaTeX in techwr-l among them: ``LaTeX,
a professional typesetting program, is free software, but, like
QuarkExpress, is a poor choice for documents that will be frequently
revised'' (http://tinyurl.com/69nx9).
Why do you think LaTeX is neglected by technical writers?
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