As a writer/self-publisher, I value time and workflow efficiency. I also much appreciate the typographic and presentational benefits of LaTeX. But LaTeX markup of content imposes too much distraction and cognitive load for my taste. For this reason I was so enthusiastic about the LaTeX markdown package upon first encounter that I wrote a book striving to demonstrate how it can help self-publishers efficiently publish more beautiful books. Hope to launch by early fall.
That said, at my level of inexperience and limited skill with TeX//LaTeX, the LaTeX markdown package falls short in two important ways:
1. Control over vertical spacing
2. Scaling and placement of images
And more, I feel that the syntactic bridge between the LaTeX markdown package and the full expressive power of TeX/LaTeX needs further thought and development.
I would much applaud a markup system that is as easy to learn, read, and write as markdown but with a simple syntactic bridge into the full power of LaTeX similar to the that between HTML and CSS.
All the best,
LRP
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On Jul 14, 2022, at 7:00 PM, Leonard Rosenthol <leonardr-bM6h3K5UM15l57MIdRCFDg@public.gmane.org> wrote: