Re: [PLUG] Is there a better alternative LATEX?

On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 6:55 PM brent saner via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:

https://asciidoctor.org/

Very similar to markdown, but lets you do a lot more (tables, etc.)

sent from my toaster.

On Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 18:43 John Karr via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:
I've been working on a long document, an RPG adaptation of a popular
movie that I'm going to run. While the obvious solution would be
Libre/Open Office Writer or MS Word, I've been working in Pandoc's
Markdown with embedded Latex. As I learn more about Latex, I'm
increasingly disappointed by the things that it doesn't do, or is buggy
about.

I like the approach, because Markdown allows me to write very
structurally, and then generate pretty PDF output. It also fits well in
version control (as opposed to binary word processor formats which don't
diff well). In theory a programmable typesetting language like Latex
should allow incredible control.

Does anyone have experience with some of the possible alternatives like
DocBook? Whether they're worth looking at?
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