On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 06:04:03PM -0700, 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).
Why not just use PDF/HTML? Those will do very well for a read-only version. If you want them to be able to edit it: how are you going to merge in their changes? > 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. -- Tzafrir Cohen | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
