The only FOSS tool I can think of is Scribus, but it may not be advanced enough for what you need. If not, InDesign (part of Adobe CS) is the only commercial DTP tool worth considering. It's expensive, though. (And CS3 is out.)
Rainer Brandorr wrote: > What about Adobe CS2? It is widely used in the publishing industry. > (Mac/PC though) > > On 8/8/07, *Frank Hofmann* < Frank.Hofmann at sun.com > <mailto:Frank.Hofmann at sun.com>> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm considering re-writing / updating the Crashdump Analysis book, > but > this time in a "proper" way - that is, specifically, not as a > StarOffice > document but in some sort of a markup language. The StarOffice > thing is > simply not maintainable :( > > TeX comes to mind as I've used it before, but I'd like to know > what other > alternatives people use. My requirements apart from the typesetting > capabilitities would be: > > a) input is plain text, aka editable with any ASCII-capable editor > b) ability to embed vector graphics (preferrable SVG) as > illustrations > c) ability to create PDF output > d) automatic index/TOC generation > e) documents can consist of multiple files (one per chapter), and be > transferrable to another machine without the need to edit > pathnames > > What are others using ? Any recommendations ? > > Thanks, > FrankH. >
