From: Suraj Kurapati <snk@...>
Date: 2008-11-17T13:42:39+09:00
Subject: Re: erbook 4.0.0  (was previously named Gerbil)

Hi,

Saji N. Hameed wrote:
> Nice software - hope to see the LaTex formatter coming out soon.

Thanks.  I'm planning to use Maruku's Markdown-to-LaTeX conversion 
ability to achieve this.  This was one of the reasons I switched from 
RedCloth (Textile) to Maruku (Markdown).

> I was wondering if the markup could be made simpler. Is the eruby
> template the best for this - For example, there are so many extra
> things to type in the following
> 
>    <% chapter "Introduction" do %>
>    <% end %>
> 
> compared to say \chapter{Introduction} in TeX, for example

Good suggestion, the TeX equivalent is indeed shorter.  Unfortunately, 
the <% eRuby syntax %> is what it is and I don't wish to reinvent eRuby. 
:-(

You could try turning the document inside-out:

  <%
    chapter "Introduction" do
      "some content here" +

      section "Something" do
        "and in here"
      end +

      "more content here"
    end
  %>

This kind of usage is currently supported by erbook.

I also suggest using the abbreviation and auto-complete features of your 
text editor to reduce most of the typing.  In my case, I just type 
[p][r][TAB] to get <% this %> and my cursor is placed inside.  And 
[p][r][c][TAB] gives me:

  <% chapter "CURSOR_1" do %>
    CURSOR_2
  <% end %>

where CURSOR_1 denotes the inital cursor position and CURSOR_2 is where 
the cursor goes when I press TAB from CURSOR_1.

Cheers.
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