Re: [Docutils-develop] Functionnal LaTeX writer

[David G. <go...@us...>]

Julien T. Letessier wrote:
> I decided that I loved reST a few days ago, and that I'd love it
> even more if it could output LaTeX. So I found this preliminary
> LaTeX writer file in Engelbert Gruber's sandbox directory, and I
> improved it (that is, made it a bit more functionnal).

Julien, merci!

Engelbert, are you planning on continuing development of the LaTeX
writer or the PDF writer in the near future?  Or would it be OK if
Julien or someone else took over?

Engelbert and Julien, would either or both of you be willing to
complete the writer?  "Complete" doesn't mean it has to be perfect,
just that it handles all Docutils constructs, as the current
html4css1.py does.  Once complete, I'd like to put it into the main
source tree.  Try running it over tools/test.txt to see where the
issues are.

I've been maintaining the HTML writer.  Once the LaTeX writer is in
place, it will be maintained as well, hopefully with the assistance of
people with more TeX knowledge than I.

A technical issue: please don't use hard tabs in the source files.
Use 4 spaces per indent level instead.  See:

    http://docutils.sf.net/spec/notes#coding-conventions

> I don't know if this fits somewhere in your developement process,

The process is loose and flexible.  For details of the development
process as it stands, please read:

    http://docutils.sf.net/spec/notes#project-policies

> Tell me if you find it useful ;)

I'm sure some people will.  With more format writers, Docutils will
become more useful, and its audience will become broader.

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