[Axiom-developer] Re: Pamphlets and LaTex

[Stephen Wilson]

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Stephen Wilson <address@hidden> writes:

> address@hidden writes:
> 
> > I'm puzzled. Why do you say that
> > 
> > \spadcommand{}
> > 
> > and
> > 
> > \begin{chunk}
> > \end{chunk} 
> > 
> > is not latex? The \spadcommand occurs in the published tutorial
> > book, bookvol1.pamphlet, which is formatted by standard latex.
> > 
> > Why do you believe otherwise?
> 
> I was under the impression that \spadcommand{"a+b=c"} would execute
> its argument in Axiom.  Latex cannot do that.
> 
> I belive we need to distinguish explicitly the differences.  A weave
> stage within a custom tool could perform the evaluation and substitue
> the result into pure LaTeX.
> 
> 
> Steve