Re: framemaker replacement ?
On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 18:32, Hendrik Boom <hendrik@topoi.pooq.com> wrote:
> I have friend who's interested in trying out free software. Her
> immediate request is for something to replace Framemaker. It seems she's
> involved in the use of Framemaker to make "books" for salesmen.
>
> I have little more information about her application at present, but I
> expect to speak to her in detail in the near future, and it would help
> immensely to have a bit of familiarity with what's available. Pointers
> to reviews, names of packages, etc., most welcome.
>
> So. what Linux tools (or, if need be, free tools that also work on
> Windows) are available that have a chance of accomplishing what
> Framemaker does?
>
> Myself, I hand-code HTML in emacs when I want to create a document. Or
> write a custom C program to generate postscript code. But I think she's
> enough of an end-user that she'd appreciate this method. In any case,
> the salesmen wouldn't.
KWord has a bit of FrameMaker-like functionality - at least more
than MS Word. But the real FrameMaker competitor is Scribus.
http://www.scribus.net/
Cheers,
Kelly Clowers
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