As far as I know latex3 does not support exporting to html, epub, ascii and I need those formats. I should have explained it better but I don't need all the formatting options latex offers since I mostly write prose with some code/quote blocks.
By "good things" I meant semantic elements, indexes, cross references. I've explored other markup languages but I've always been on the fence about those and I keep switching. Markdown does not support indexes so I tend to exclude it for long documentation. Org Mode is great but it lacks semantic elements besides blocks. Asciidoc: good markup syntax and support semantic elements but I read the tooling leaves something to be desired. Restructured text: great tooling but I don't like the syntax of some elements. As regards at least sys admin documentation which is not only software-related (bureaucratic stuff) and general prose, would you still recommend texinfo? -------- Original Message -------- On Aug 30, 2023, 04:52, Christopher Dimech wrote: > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2023 at 9:01 AM From: "Oleander" To: > help-texinfo@gnu.org Subject: Re: Using texinfo for works that are not > software-related Correction: sys admin documentation is related to software > obviously. -------- Original Message -------- On Aug 29, 2023, 22:22, > Oleander wrote: Hello everyone! > Does texinfo suit other works that are not > software-related like sys > admin documentation, lectures, long essays, > fictional/non fictional > books? From what I've read in the manual so far, it > is possible to > produce some of them but would you recommend it? Chapter 1 > states: >> Texinfo was devised specifically for the purpose of writing > software >> documentation and manuals. If you want to write a good manual for > >> your program, Texinfo has many features which we hope will make your >> > job easier. However, Texinfo is not intended to be a general-purpose >> > formatting program. > If not, what markup do you prefer for works that are > not > software-related, without missing most of the good things texinfo > > provides? In its current state, I would not recommend it. Use latex3 from the > Latex Project (https://www.latex-project.org/) One can use colour, images can > be made floating, and everything works much better. Texinfo is still mostly > based on tho old tex substrate, and does not work very well for non software > documentation related things.
