Subject: changing displa to do "line at a time"Tex
From: Richard Fateman
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 11:37:07 -0800
michel.lavaud@univ-orleans.fr wrote:
> Hello,
>
> You ask then that all this information be discarded
>>and that it should be recomputed by TeX.
>>
>
> So (I am not sure I understand the sentence?), do you think it might be feasible,
> and it might be with not too much extra work ?
>
I apologize for not making this clearer:
1. It could be done in Lisp. To do it accurately you would
have to implement almost all of math-mode TeX in Lisp.
2. If you have done this much work in Lisp, it would be
very easy to complete the job and not use TeX at all.
That is, the Lisp could produce DVI or some other form.
It is like driving the distance from Orleans to Paris
to measure how much petrol you need for the trip. Then
returning to Orleans, buying the petrol, and then driving
to Paris.
RJF