From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 22 16:41:32 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DE6437B401 for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 16:41:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from angelfish.lewiz.org (dialup.212-50-180-151.karoo.KCOM.COM [212.50.180.151]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D9F9843EDC for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 16:40:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lewiz@lewiz.dyndns.org) Received: (qmail 16951 invoked by uid 85); 23 Dec 2002 00:40:04 -0000 Received: from lewiz@lewiz.dyndns.org by angelfish by uid 0 with qmail-scanner-1.14 (sophie: 2.10/3.62. spamassassin: 2.43. Clear:SA:0(-2.9/5.0):. Processed in 10.706102 secs); 23 Dec 2002 00:40:04 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.9 required=5.0 Received: from lewiz.dyndns.org (192.168.0.4) by angelfish.lewiz.org with SMTP; 23 Dec 2002 00:39:51 -0000 Received: (from lewiz@localhost) by lewiz.dyndns.org (8.12.6/8.12.3) id gBN0dNZ3016927; Mon, 23 Dec 2002 00:39:23 GMT (envelope-from lewiz) Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 00:39:22 +0000 From: lewiz To: "David S. Jackson" Cc: FreeBSD-questions Subject: Re: DTP under FreeBSD/UNIX. Message-ID: <20021223003922.GA16843@lewiz.org> Mail-Followup-To: lewiz , "David S. Jackson" , FreeBSD-questions References: <20021222160713.GA71275@lewiz.org> <20021222214755.GC16677@sylvester.dsj.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="6c2NcOVqGQ03X4Wi" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021222214755.GC16677@sylvester.dsj.net> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 90A4 939E 3847 A3E4 8103 2A48 22DA B428 542F ED3F X-GPG-Info: http://www.westwood.karoo.net/pgpkey / horowitz.surfnet.nl User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --6c2NcOVqGQ03X4Wi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 04:47:55PM -0500, David S. Jackson wrote: > On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 04:07:13PM +0000 lewiz wrote: > > Hi, > >=20 > > I'm looking for some powerful DTP software for FreeBSD / UNIX in > > general (Linux would be fine, emulation is nice :). =20 >=20 > Hi Lewiz. "Powerful" is a funny word to use when comparing > Windows/Earlymac software with *Nix. TeX and groff are some of the most > powerful typesetting/publishing software ever created, but there's a > steep learning curve before you can be productive with it. Hehe, yeah, I agree. I've been playing around with TeX for a while just recently. I can do a bit with it - ie, write an essay, include a few pictures but tbh, I really would _hate_ to try and do a modern graphics-intensive DTP project in it. It's almost too clumsy yet... much more elegant at the same time ;) > though I doubt they're anywhere near where FrameMaker and that type of > software is (was?). Hehe, still is. I've looked at it a bit - for Windows only though. There was a Linux BETA of FrameMaker (or maybe it was PageMaker) but I couldn't get it to run under emulation, which was a bit disappointing. > May I suggest that you take a larger view of the project and consider > various ways to use the data that goes into a yearbook. It might be > possible to create an SGML application with an SQL database that could > give you many ways to reuse the data, including camera ready copy for > the printer. But if you think of the data clearly and efficiently, you > could also generate output for CDs for your class or school, a class > website, specialized products for special interest groups in your class > (sell the wrestling team or whoever all their data that didn't make it > into the yearbook, for instance), or even print a web-based yearbook as > well, without the restrictions that come with the printed format. I'm toying with the idea of a website now. For my school ICT coursework I'm doing some PHP coding for an ex-pupils website. Once I've finished this I might modify it a bit and make it the perfect base for such an idea. Not got far with this yet, though. Thanks very much for your ideas, they've been very useful. -lewiz. --=20 A consultant is a person who borrows your watch, tells you what time it is, pockets the watch, and sends you a bill for it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --|| url: http://lewiz.info/ | http://www.westwood.karoo.net/pgpkey ||-- --6c2NcOVqGQ03X4Wi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+Bls6Itq0KFQv7T8RArncAJ4oCSFS7lyL2mB01Ck8VJ2KZnB18QCeOaOa oPtn0trfQwr/6z0P0u7KNy4= =gZLG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --6c2NcOVqGQ03X4Wi-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message