Hi, D. R. Evans wrote: > I am about to start work on a technical book that will be ~500 pages. > > Last time I did this, I was forced to use Word. This is not an
forget the idea of using Scribus on Windows for the moment. There is a bug in the Windows version which bothers me with a document of some 50 pages. It looks like the programmers found it but did not publish a new version. > My biggest concern (apart from spending the time to use Scribus > properly, but I really don't mind doing that) is the index. I haven't > seen anything that indicates that Scribus knows how to create indices. > The TOC is also a bit of a concern, and I would like some input on You will have to do this by hand or create your own scripts. > plain TeX -- probably the most likely, although tables and Figures > are a bit painful. Tables are no real fun with Scribeus either. > Anyway, would I be stupid not to try to use Scribus? Or stupid to try to use > it? > Both? The problem will be the index. Erich
