On 06 Nov 2008, TW wrote: > Hi, > > I'm going to be writing a political book soon and I'm not > sure what software to use to write it. > > I want to use something like Vim to write it, but, I want > to be able to convert it to OpenOffice/MicrosoftWord, etc. format(s). > The reason that I want to use something like Vim is because I'd be > able to make a more censored version of the book on the fly for > certain people to download (underagers, for instance). I thought > that latex would be what I needed, but I'm not sure. I thought > DocBook, but isn't that for documentation? I need something that > goes the whole nine yards, The Little Brown Handbook style (footnotes, > etc.). Thanks for the help. > > By the way, you guys get first dibs on the book (it'll be > free, free as in "free beer"). I'm planning on writing a section > on free software. > > --
I've published 3 books now and am working on a fourth, using POD via Lulu. I use vim for all my writing. Once the text is in order I then process it via LyX, which is a frontend to Latex. Have a look at this; it is described as a text processor (not a word processor) and produces publishable files. It is supposed to use kerning to make the spacing look better. Footnotes are particularly easy to do. There is an active mailing list. I'm quite happy to use plain Latex for shorter things, including letters, but for longer texts like books LuX makes life much easier. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
