On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 09:11:18PM -0400, Peter Schaffter wrote: > Subject: Re: [Groff] Typesetting Software > > FWIW, I write structured plain text files and pass them through sed > to introduce groff or LaTex formatting. Aside from keeping the > files clean/readable, it makes things easier when I want to recycle > them--say, into html. Normally, I toss the formatted files when my > pipeline's complete; only rarely do I keep them, and that's usually > only for micro typography, like creating beautiful rag or hanging > punctuation outside the right margin.
Good for you, Peter. I think this is the best way to write: concentrate on the text and pay minimal amount of attention to formatting, while structuring the text to make the conversion to groff straight-forward. I like something similar to Restructured Text for this and I'm starting to experiment with Wiki markup as well. Groff's abilities as a filter make this very expedient. I'm also experimenting with creating an xml document from the initial simple markup as well. -- Steve -- Steve Izma - Home: 35 Locust St., Kitchener N2H 1W6 p:519-745-1313 FAX:519-579-9872 Work: Wilfrid Laurier University Press p:519-884-0710 ext. 6125 E-mail: si...@golden.net or st...@press.wlu.ca A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style>