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

[Steve Litt via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

I've done a lot of research on this subject, and my research tells me
that Asciidoctor is much better for book writing than Markdown.

I hate Pandoc.
 
SteveT

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On Tue, 12 Jan 2021 18:45:45 -0500
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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