<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 8:26 AM, Tom Freeman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tfreeman@intel.digichem.net" target="_blank">tfreeman@intel.digichem.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Not asked - but...<br>
libreoffice for document stuff - with the realization I need 1) learn to use the suite more effectively so later edits don't become exercises in reformating 2) want to learn LaTeX with proper document management system behind it.<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Learn _how_ to use the sylesheets and the writing process becomes much. much simpler and edits are feasible again.<br><br></div><div>Stylesheets are the gui way to make the equivalent of what LaTex can do - it separates the content from the format.<br>
<br></div><div>Docbook is an alternative but the learning curve is on par with LaTex. It looks like XML but is all formatting codes. <br></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">-- <br>James P. Kinney III<br><i><i><i><i><br></i></i></i></i>Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you
gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his
own tail. It won't fatten the dog.<br>
- Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain<br><i><i><i><i><br><a href="http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://heretothereideas.blogspot.com/</a><br></i></i></i></i></div>
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