Douglas Tutty writes: > I'm revisiting how I make documents. I have been using lout since I > started with linux in 2000 but it has the following shortcomimgs:
I would recommend DocBook. > Difficult to change things like margins With DocBook this isn't as straightforward as with WYSIWYG editors, but possible adjusting (or creating new) style-sheets. > Can't make html docbook2html > plain text output has blank lines that must be edited. I tried now with docbook2txt on an document here and the output doesn't have more blank lines than needed (to separate paragraphs and sections). > My primary use is for letters and notes but also larger projects. I > don't like wysiwyg. I want to be able to make: ps, pdf, txt, html. docbook2ps, docbook2pdf, docbook2txt and docbook2html help with that. > Something like DebianDoc seems overkill for a letter. Yes I agree. > I want something that is simple, probably a markup language, but without > excessivly long tags or difficulty changing things like margins for > non-html output. > What do people find works well? I have used DocBook for years, mainly to write technical documentation and it suits perfectly my needs. HTH, -- --Jhair -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
