Correction ReText for markdown ## heading etc. Does WYSIWYG Gummi for Latex
On Tue, 27 Dec 2022 at 08:23, Colin Paice <colinpai...@gmail.com> wrote: > It may be horses for courses... > > 1. What needs to be supported Windows/Mac/Linux? > 2. Do you want a few page document or a 200 page document and imbed > other sections > 3. Do you want to be able to print chapters, or just the whole book. > 4. Do you table of contents > 5. Do you want change bars to show you what has changed > 6. What is your output - PDF, one HTML document - an HTML tree? > 7. Number of concurrent maintainers so 1) & 2) are relevant > > > I run on Linux, which limits my choice of tools. > > I've used Latex to write a 200 page document. If you think of Scriptvs, > and book master, you'll get the idea. You can write macros to provide > complex formatting. > It allows you to have change bars to show you what's changed. You have to > add them manually. > I use reText as editor, and real time review > > You can tell how old I am when my brain thinks of ":p....:h1.... " when > marking up a document > > Colin > > > > On Mon, 26 Dec 2022 at 14:45, Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > >> TeX is the underlying language. I believe that most people use a document >> development environment with an editor and preview facility. Some of the >> available environments can automatically download required packages from >> CTAN. It is possible to generate a PDF without an intermediate DVI file. >> >> I'd start by looking at MiKTeX, TeX Live and TeXworks, or browse CTAN. >> >> >> -- >> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz >> http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf >> of Bob Bridges [robhbrid...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2022 6:38 PM >> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >> Subject: Re: Markup languages >> >> I got quite a few nominations from the two forums where I posted this >> question, and it's early days to say I've settled on one, but currently >> I'm >> looking hard at LaTeX. I found a tutorial on it at javatpoint.com, but >> that >> was written by a non-native-English writer (maybe he a Slav?, guessing by >> his odd use of definite articles) and there are some phrases in there I >> can't parse with confidence. I imagine whatever documentation comes with >> the download will be clearer. >> >> But it seems there are multiple pieces I need to fetch. I get the >> impression that TEX is the actual markup language, and LaTeX is ... >> what? A >> series of extensions to TEX to allow it to do more? And I need a program >> that will convert my text and markup codes to a printer-ready document, >> and/or to a PDF file. And most people use a text editor specifically >> dedicated to working with LaTeX; various options for that last are >> mentioned. Do you have any specific recommendations? Because I think I'm >> about ready to download and experiment. >> >> --- >> Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 >> >> /* A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he >> resents. -G C Lichtenberg */ >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf >> Of >> Seymour J Metz >> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2022 08:39 >> >> My preference, alas, is dead: BookMagager BUILD/MVS (or VM), which is >> built >> on BookMaster and DCF. Lacking that, I make do with LaTeX, which I find >> powerful but clumsier that the tools built on Script. >> >> I make extensive use of nested bulleted and numbered lists, and when I >> attempt to copy an entry to a different list, word garbles the markup >> horribly. Is there an equivalent to the reveal mode in word pervert that >> would allow me to correct that bug? The best that I've been able to come >> up >> with is to copy the entry to notepad and then copy from notepad. >> >> I would recommend a LaTeX environment, e.g., MiKTeX, TeXworks. Check out >> resources at CTAN. >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
