[Novalug] Looking for linux equivalent of Microsoft Publisher

[Nino Pereira]

I second the use of TeX, although I recently converted to
LaTeX because that seems to become the standard for high-quality
technical documents with lots of formulas.

Nino

On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 11:15 -0500, Alan McConnell wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 09:35:47PM -0500, Art Chimes wrote:
> >
> > I have used neither Scribus nor TeX, both of which are said to be powerful 
> > programs with legions of fans.
> 	In re TeX: rue fact.  And I have been one of those fans since 
> 	1989, and use TeX almost any time that I have occasion to 
> 	print _anything_.
> 
> > From what I understand, though, they may 
> > have a fairly steep learning curve
> 	<G>  Don't know what "steep learning curve" means.  As is the case
> 	with any powerful language/interpreter/compiler/ there is a _lot_
> 	to learn.  But the beginning steps are certainly not difficult;
> 	see below.
> 
> General Remark: if one is into publishing something which will wind up
> regularly issued -- either on paper or as a .pdf file -- you don't want a
> WYSIWYG.  You don't want your underlying format to change with your mood<g>.
> You want a template.  And TeX gives you that; so I suppose do other
> publishing programs.
> 
> Remarks about TeX:
> 1.  TeX has been around for aeons(in computer time<g>).  It is robust, it
> is incredibly powerful, and is the underlying engine for lots of other
> programs built on top of it; think LaTeX, think LilyPond.
> 
> 2.  It is free, and runs on all systems that I know about, including
> all Unices; I know it runs on Macs, and I think it runs on Windoze too.
> 
> 3.  As I said above, it is easy to get started.  I gave a dclug talk about
> it many years ago, and on that occasion I put a couple of instructions and
> starter templates on my web site, patriot.net/users/alan; click on
> Material on TeX.
> 
> Hope this helps.  Let me know if you have trouble with the first steps
> I indicate on my web site.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Alan
>