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Re:Have you ever asked yourself “how did research get done b... by generationP on Thursday May 28, 2020 @12:53PM (#23339528)
Yes for IDE. Yes for HTML+ output (though what exactly the "+" entails is a tricky thing; HTML+CSS won't suffice). Not sure about merging the 100 most popular packages. Most likely their conflicts cannot be resolved in a backwards-compatible way, and then you have the standard "101 standards" outcome and old tex files start rotting.
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Re:Have you ever asked yourself “how did research get done b... by jessriedel on Thursday May 28, 2020 @03:16PM (#23341196)
Yea, I really meant merging in the functionality of the most popular packages, and keeping as much of the syntax as possible without compatibility issues. I agree with you about those risks.
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