On Sun, 17 Nov 2013 19:44:37 +0900 Hans Schmidt <z0idberg at gmx.de> wrote:
> Am 17.11.2013 05:08, schrieb john Culleton: > > Although the various versions of TeX are not > > as handy for creating magazines or coffee > > table books compared to Scribus I think you > > underestimate the ability of e.g., Context to > > format pages. Specifically Context MKIV uses > > Unicode as a default and multilingual support > > including right to left languages is > > available. The handling of graphics, while > > not nearly as handy as Scribus, is available. > > There are TeX user groups all over the globe > > including China. > Hello John, > > thanks for your reply. I have used Xetex at > some point which uses Unicode natively (and is > already a huge improvement over standard > Latex), but I still think that Latex is a > little bit old fashioned. I know that almost > any formatting is possible, but the problem is > the work in order to do that: I guess for > graphics it is usually much easier than just do > it in WYSIWYG style: Just arrange the graphics > as you want them to. > > Of course, Latex has the advantage that > development can go into the rendering engine > and not into a GUI. > > A combination of a markup language like Tex and > a DTP software like Scribus would have the > advantage of using both parts where they are > best suited: Writing longer documents in Tex > and more free designing in a DTP software. > > Well, this is just my personal opinion. I like > Latex, too, but I would gladly change it for a > more (in my opinion) modern approach. > > ___ > Well I don't like Latex very much. IMO it is too verbose and confining. I much prefer pdftex and Context. these are more modern forms of TeX. -- John Culleton Wexford Press Free list of books for self-publishers: http://wexfordpress.net/shortlist.html PDF e-book: "Create Book Covers with Scribus" available at http://www.booklocker.com/books/4055.html
