History of LaTeX

	Revision 5 . . October 1, 2001 3:45 am by Damian Yerrick [added other common pronunciation]
	Revision 4 . . October 1, 2001 2:28 am by Ansible

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Changed: 1c1,2

LaTeX (commonly pronounced LAH-tekh to rhyme with "blecch") is a popular set of add-on macros for the TEX typesetting system. It has become powerful and popular enough that using TeX directly is now rare.

LaTeX (commonly pronounced LAY-tekh or LAH-tekh to rhyme with "blecch") is a popular set of add-on macros for the TEX typesetting system. The LaTeX2e? version has become powerful and popular enough that people rarely use raw TEX anymore.

Changed: 3c4,5

LaTeX has a peculiar license called LPPL?, not compatible with the GNU General Public License, that requires modified files to carry a modified filename; however, this ensures that files that depend on other files will produce the expected behavior and avoids problems similar to [DLL hell]?.

LaTeX has a peculiar license called LPPL?, not compatible with the GNU General Public License, that requires modified files to carry a modified filename; however, this ensures that files that depend on other files will produce the expected behavior and avoids problems similar to [DLL hell]?.