If you're writing macros I suggest that you look into LaTeX3 (expl3 et al).
Some relevant documentatin is
expl3.pdf
interface3.pdf
l3styleguide.pdf
l3syntax-changes.pd
l3keys2e.pdf
l3str\l3str-format.pdf
xcoffins.pdf
xgalley.pdf
xparse.pdf
xtemplate.pdf
There are lots of LaTeX tools available for Linux. Check texlive* in your
repository for starters.
Old? I was using Script before EasyScript and GML. Lot's of macros, and my
change bars included dates.
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Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3
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Colin Paice [colinpai...@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2022 3:23 AM
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU
Subject: Re: Markup languages
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
>
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> 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
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>
> -----Original Message-----
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> 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.
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