From: Josef 'Jupp' SCHUGT <jupp@...>
Date: 2004-02-18T09:23:33+09:00
Subject: Re: A good way to do a book?

Hi!

* Harry Ohlsen:
> Shu-yu Guo wrote:
> 
> >Josef 'Jupp' SCHUGT wrote:
> >
> >>I don't know of an affordable PDF editor. Minimalistic HTML plus
> >>CSS?
> >>
> >
> >So use TeX, who can really afford, or want to buy, stuff like
> >InDesign (bar piracy) anyways?
> 
> Or, if you prefer to work at a slightly higher level, LaTeX.

I don't think that the actual format is very important. What is
needed?

Headlines of several levels
Paragraphs
italics, bold, typewriter
Preformatted text
Itemization
Enumeration
Description lists
Tables
Graphics

This can be done in HTML 3.2+, LaTeX, RTF and even in Ruby.

Yes, Ruby. The german edition of the comp.lang.ruby FAQ is a Ruby
script that generates HTML and LaTeX.

http://oss.erdfunkstelle.de/ruby/FAQ.rb

It may sound a bit strange but it was a proof of concept and it
works. All other representations are generated from the Ruby source. 

Josef 'Jupp' SCHUGT
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