On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, Gregory Pittman wrote: > I use Tex quite a bit, and for the things that it does well, it does them > extremely well. Page control and placement of objects on a page can be > quite a chore -- trial and error and trial and error and... I have > incorporated some EPS graphics, and while it's doable, it ain't easy. As > soon as you want to make the jump to color, Scribus just leaves it in the > dust.
TeX is the back-end typesetting program written by Donald Knuth a long time ago. LaTeX is the macro system that makes writing with TeX easier. LyX is a GUI front-end to LaTeX that makes the process easier still. A typesetting program is for writing text-based documents: books, articles, reports, theses, etc. Scribus is a page layout application designed for heavy graphic and frame-oriented use. The technical name is a 'page layout language' versus TeX's 'typesetting program'. Different tools for different uses. You'll not see many books using color and complex page layouts. However, for the purpose intended -- typesetting text-heavy documents -- nothing comes even close to LaTeX. I'm using it to write my book (complete with extensive graphic and tables) and could not imagine using a word processor for the task. Rich -- Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM) <http://www.appl-ecosys.com>
