Hi Ries, I will use LaTex if you teach me how :-) I just was reminded when I read your message that TYPO3 is not the most difficult software I ever tried to learn, LaTex was! It made absolutely no sense at all. I think this is not a good option unless things have change in the last 2 or 3 year and it has a good frontend.
Cheers, Virgil On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 10:31 PM, ries van Twisk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To give you all a other option there is something called latex, > it takes a our or 2 to get used to... But then you can render in any > format perfectly. > LaTeX was created for documentation creation for academic uses, book > creations > where you can concentrate on writing rather then markup which is why > most people > spend half of the time in there documents just to make it look good.. > > > However I do feel that OO is better suited and easy to use for > everybody, > except for the Letter/a4 issue... but handy made a good suggestion to > solve that, but needs > testing I assume. > > I do feel that TYPO3 is not a good solution for serious documentation > generation like Daniel suggested. > making good looking PDF files out of any webside, TYPO3 or not is > hard, but not impossible because > of the way TYPO3 stored information. But a simple html2pdf tool will > not do the trick. You then need to dive > into XSLT already to make it work reliable... > > just my two cents... > > Ries > > > On Mar 17, 2008, at 6:44 PM, virgil huston wrote: > > > One question. Is there a way to have pages not A4. A4 really messes > > up US > > printers. I have seen cases where printers are "down" for days. Is > > there a > > way to make a choice between A4 and the US letter size in these cases. > > > > Virgil > > > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 8:41 AM, Daniel Bruessler > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Hallo Andreas, > >> > >> yes, you're right TYPO3 would be the best choice. > >> > >> Is there a pdf-renderer extension in TER that does automatic > >> page-breaks? We really need a tool that does NOT have fixed pages. > >> > >> The copy-and-paste of the RTE is really good - it allows to add > >> pictures > >> without uploading. > >> > >> Cheers! > >> Daniel > >> > >>> Best of all : We already HAVE THIS TOOL!!! > >>> > >>> USE TYPO3 > >>> it provides workspaces > >>> it provides versioning > >>> it provides multiple language > >>> it provides one of the best user managements > >>> it can read/import OO/Word/PDF > >>> it has a realtext Editor with lots of features > >>> It provides a much better way then google docs or another tool to > >>> insert > >>> CODE examples > >>> can create PDF > >>> it can be printed as a complete BOOK (EXT:pipeline) > >>> an online Version and a printed Version could be combined in One > >>> Tree. > >>> Parts of "Translations" could be reused for several Levels > >>> Andi > >> _______________________________________________ > >> TYPO3-english mailing list > >> TYPO3-english@lists.netfielders.de > >> http://lists.netfielders.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/typo3-english > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > TYPO3-english mailing list > > TYPO3-english@lists.netfielders.de > > http://lists.netfielders.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/typo3-english > > Ries van Twisk > tags: Freelance TYPO3 JBoss JasperReports Flex Blaze-DS WebORB > PostgreSQL DB-Architect > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > web: http://www.rvantwisk.nl/ > skype: callto://r.vantwisk > Phone: + 1 810-476-4193 > > _______________________________________________ > TYPO3-english mailing list > TYPO3-english@lists.netfielders.de > http://lists.netfielders.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/typo3-english > _______________________________________________ TYPO3-english mailing list TYPO3-english@lists.netfielders.de http://lists.netfielders.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/typo3-english
