Re: Software For Book Writing

[Emanoil Kotsev <deloptes@yahoo.com>]

Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote:

> Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
>> On Thu, Nov 06, 2008 at 06:04:03PM -0700, TW wrote:
>>> 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.
>> 
>> There seems to be a module that converts LaTex into just about anything,
> 
> Can it convert from latex to odt format? I have spent quite a bit of
> time unsuccessfully searching for something that would do it without
> causing a lot of grief. Please point me to it. It would be a life saver
> in those cases where people insist on receiving documents in .doc
> format. Last time, I ended up making the document in OpenOffice and
> exporting it as word. It was a pain (the writing part, not the export).
> 
>> so I'd go with LaTex.  I've never used or had need of outputting to
>> Microsoft Word.  If you need to distribute read-only to people, just
>> make them pdf's from the LaTex.  Or HTML.  (either will do hypertext
>> links from the TOC and note markers).  Being a plain-text format, you
>> should be able to make different versions (sensored you say) for people.
>> 
>> Doug.
>> 
>> 
> 
> 

The LyX program can convert though