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
