From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: arnold@skeeve.com (Aharon Robbins) Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:50:33 +0200 Subject: [9fans] troff macros for typesetting books/longer texts In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <201103251150.p2PBoXHo006823@localhost.localdomain> Topicbox-Message-UUID: c0609218-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 I really like the GNU project's Texinfo markup language, which sets on top of TeX, but you don't have to know TeX. (I've been using Texinfo for > 20 years, but don't know any TeX.) I've written books in troff, Docbook/XML, and Texinfo, and Texinfo is by far the easiest. HTH, Arnold In article you write: >hello > >html? > >For those who use math in their docs, this might be of interest: >http://www.mathjax.org, > >gabi > >On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 2:16 PM, hiro <23hiro at googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> > i think everybody would appreciate one xor the other cleaned up, >> de-pccified and added to the distribution. >> >> I like this use of languages :) >> >> The thread is getting big. Perhaps simply learning troff/tex is indeed easier. >> >> But I really am no typesetter, just a simple computer user. >> Tex is yet an other language, Latex too complicated, Microsoft Word >> too ugly, Troff macros not in a good state... >> >> What can I use? >> > -- Aharon (Arnold) Robbins arnold AT skeeve DOT com P.O. Box 354 Home Phone: +972 8 979-0381 Nof Ayalon Cell Phone: +972 50 729-7545 D.N. Shimshon 99785 ISRAEL