Re: Software For Book Writing
TW wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm going to be writing a political book soon and I'm not
> sure what software to use to write it.
>
> I want to use something like Vim to write it, but, I want
> to be able to convert it to OpenOffice/MicrosoftWord, etc. format(s).
> The reason that I want to use something like Vim is because I'd be
> able to make a more censored version of the book on the fly for
> certain people to download (underagers, for instance). I thought
> that latex would be what I needed, but I'm not sure. I thought
> DocBook, but isn't that for documentation? I need something that
> goes the whole nine yards, The Little Brown Handbook style (footnotes,
> etc.). Thanks for the help.
>
> By the way, you guys get first dibs on the book (it'll be
> free, free as in "free beer"). I'm planning on writing a section
> on free software.
>
I recommend to use LyX as an interface and LaTeX as processing engine.
LyX can export to OOO. You need to get use to LyX and LaTeX a bit but it's
the ultimate type setting system according my experience.
regards
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