Date: Sat, 19 May 2001 15:06:00 -0700 From: "Michael O'Henly" <michael@327.ca> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Advice needed: simple markup packages for XEmacs Message-ID: <0105191506000A.00764@h24-69-46-74.gv.shawcable.net>
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I am looking for a good way to produce manuscripts for submission to
publishers. My requirements are very simple:
12pt. courier
double-spaced
1" margins
header with page number
output to postscript
no hyphenation
no left/right page orientation
no widow/orphan control
no graphics, equations
no indexing
no character formatting
There's a bit more, but you probably get the idea.
I'd like to use XEmacs to edit the manuscript. WYSIWYG is not an issue and
although I'm a humble amateur, I've used XEmacs for years and really like
its editing power.
Given that my requirements will probably never change, I've been looking at
a couple of markup approaches: groff and LaTeX.
1. Are there others I should consider? I'm not looking for packages that
aren't widely used and likely to be around for a millenia or two. ;-)
2. Any groff vs. LaTeX observations on the ease of doing this kind of
markup?
Thanks.
M.
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Michael O'Henly
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