On 14 June 2006 05:25, Justin R Findlay wrote: > On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 03:14:57AM +0000, b.n. wrote: > > JimD wrote: > > > I was hoping there were tools/editors for PDF/PS. What the heck do > > > book writers use? I hope not a word processor. I am only working with > > > small books and it is a pain to have to deal with layout.
Most are forced by publishers not only to use word processors but MS Word. :-( > > > > They use LaTeX. If you plan to write books/articles/whatever in > > publishing quality, THIS is the answer. > > LaTeX is awesome if you're not going to be diverging from the builtin > document layout styles too much. If you are then you're likely going to > be editing raw TeX to get things done, and unfortunately though TeX is > very clean and very good at what it does it's not a language that's easy > to understand. Try LyX as a LaTeX frontend. Uwe -- Mark Twain: I rather decline two drinks than a German adjective. http://www.SysEx.com.na -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
