Matthias Czapla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 08:03:00AM -0400, richard lyons wrote: > > Do folk here have recommendations about how to do wordprocessing? I > > am looking for solutions that allow well formatted technical > > documents, with the possibility of using well-designed templates in a > > modern typographic style. Interoperability and/or ease of import and > > export is important, as is handling of tables and inclusion of > > spreadsheets and graphics. > > [...] > I think if you're not willing to learn LaTeX or troff commands you > don't have many options besides OpenOffice.org. I personally like > groff much more than LaTeX because I had trouble finding good docs > when I wanted to so something more than the available LaTeX classes > and packages let you do. The groff docs are excellent.
Latex with the memoir class (e.g. <http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/memoir/>) is flexible and aesthetically pleasing. The manual even includes an interesting discussion of the aesthetics of typography. And rather than Lyx, emacs+auctex as already proposed. Brendan -- Brendan Halpin, Department of Sociology, University of Limerick, Ireland Tel: w +353-61-213147 f +353-61-202569 h +353-61-390476; Room F2-025 x 3147 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ul.ie/sociology/brendan.halpin.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
