On 11/25/2012 11:13 PM, Erich Dollansky wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, 25 Nov 2012 20:50:04 -0700 > Christen Anderson <christenanderson1994 at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hey everybody... >> I've been working off and on with scribus for a couple years now... >> love it! My question is, I'm getting ready to lay out a book (~100 >> pages). It's sort of a reference book... there will be probably a few >> (10 or 15 at the most) diagrams, and maybe side columns by the >> margins to take notes. Would it be better to use Scribus or Tex for >> this? I haven't done much with Tex, so it's kind of a steep learning >> curve, but I'm reasonably computer savvy, so I think I could do it. >> So.. should I learn Tex and use that, or import from OO directly into >> Scribus, or use Tex for the basic layout then import into Scribus.. >> or what? >> > > I think that in this case, this list will not be of much help. Scribus > can do the job. If you feel comfortable with it, just use it. > > There would be no reason to consider other programs. Else, you could > also start writing your own software. > > I do not see a reason for you to make a switch now. If you want, you > can learn TeX after this project when there is no pressure on you. >
More or less, I would agree with Erich. There would be a lot of appeal in using TeX for this, given what you are describing. Getting the diagrams right and to your satisfaction might take a little work. I would not recommend importing this much TeX into Scribus. But as Erich says, if you are comfortable with Scribus, it easily has the capability of handling this. You will want/need to break this up into smaller chunks, then use pdftk or something similar to assemble the final PDF, but this is quite easy. Greg
