On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Mike Driscoll <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi, > > I keep thinking I need to write a Python book and I think I'm finally > ready to start. Can anyone tell me what software they recommend for writing > the book in? I hate MS Word for writing long documents with markup, but I > don't think Notepad++ really makes sense either. > > Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks! > For me the choice was largely determined by the publisher's requirements, so I have suffered through using Word (and Open Office, since it crashed less frequently). No useful advice from me, just a caveat. The real pain point I've always felt is keeping code snippets current through testing and revision. I know that some people have been working on solutions to this issue. I can tell you that managing code when writing in something like Word is a total nightmare. > ------------------- > Mike Driscoll > > Blog: http://blog.pythonlibrary.org > > _______________________________________________ > Python-authors mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-authors > > -- Naomi Ceder https://plus.google.com/u/0/111396744045017339164/about
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