Hi Rob, On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 7:45 PM, Rob Oakes <[email protected]> wrote: > I also usually fine-tune my CSS by hand. The talk, though, is to > designers and publishers who may wish to modify the CSS rather > dramatically. To the sort of people who are want to create a unique feel > to every electronic book and have designers/programmers at their > disposal to help them do so. I was hoping to show them a > rapid-prototyping tool that might be used for that purpose. Something > similar to Adobe Muse (http://muse.adobe.com/). Ideally, they could > stylesheets and then apply to the HTML produced by LyX or eLyXer. > > The visual and styles editor in Scribus might possibly be adapted to > that purpose, though the best way to do so is currently unclear. (And > getting it to support a broad range of CSS attributes would be some > serious work.) > > Once I get the whole talk and demonstration finished, I'll post it. I > would be extremely appreciative to hear people's thoughts and feedback.
Ah, but I am completely out of my depth here. The wave is rapidly catching us luddites that still read paper books, though: the epublishing market is out for the taking, it seems. Funny that after so many decades of perfecting page output, the bastard HTML format is also reaching out into that former niche now dangerously approaching mass market: electronic books. Oh well. Alex.
