dwp@willett.UUCP (Doug Philips) (08/07/90)
I have already received one EMail request for an ASCII version of
BASIS12. It ain't gonna happen. I have asked Dennis Ruffer for the
exact same thing. His reply was that the formatting information was
too critical to the understanding of the document and that taking it
out (in order to make straight ascii) was just infeasible and undesirable.
The idea of converting it to Tex is interesting, but given that the document
will be valid for 2-3 more weeks indicates a need for speed that makes
me leary of the utility. I think that BASIS12 was made available ONLINE
too late to be of much more than passing interest. Given that the TC
is trying to wind down, and that they've already adapted to Word, I suspect
that they aren't real interested in changing that around. Of course, getting
BASIS13 ONLINE in a more timely fashion would at least allow volunteers the
time to reformat and submit for redistribution approval a version which might
be useful as an electronic copy. I do not speak for the TC on this.
I would LOVE to be shown wrong, but I do not hope too highly.
-Doug
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