Matej said:
>You are trying to beat dead horse to run. Not that LaTeX would be
>dead, but it is absolutely not suited for being the backend for
>typesetting general layouts. 

But there's no better tool for high-quality automated typesetting.

>That's not what it was prepared for.
>You should instead use some more general tools as a typographical
>backend. First one coming to my mind is lout (check out
>a friendly Google near you for ``Lout postscript site:ru'' to
>find the website) and then already mentioned Nonpareil (from the
>same author) who tries to do exactly what you want but in much
>more sensible manner. 

and whose documents leaves a lot to be desired typographically, w/
widows and orphans and extra space between indented paragraphs---'cause
of that I find it hard to take seriously.

>The second option maybe using either plain
>TeX or modified basic TeX (how to say ``plainer than plain TeX''?

Or eplain, or context---is there a reason LyX couldn't be made to map to
one of those?

>:-), but lout is IMHO better for this.

Apparently only for those willing to tolerate widows and orphans w/ impunity.

One of the nice things about TeX / LaTeX is that association w/ it
pre-supposes a certain high-level of quality.

William

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