Bob I am sure others more knowledgeable than I will give better comments, but here is my 2c.
Combining 1&2 - if you use Ubuntu 13.04 (due out next week), it will ship with Python 3.3 ( https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RaringRingtail/TechnicalOverview#Python_3.3) - no reason not to use it. 2a. I've not used Windows for a long time. Sphinx works just fine, command-line or GUI-wise, under Linux. 3. I last used DocBook many many moons ago - I honestly would not go back to XML, XSLT et al. again. Its fine if you have a ton of legacy code or perhaps for on-demand multi-formats. 4. Never used PanDoc; but it seems more in the category of a format convertor rather than a front-end publishing tool. So, if you wrote in reST, for example, and now needed LaTeX, then this would seem to be what to use. Cheers Derek On 16 April 2013 23:40, Bob Plantz <[email protected]> wrote: > A year ago I considered converting a book (on x86-64 assembly language) I > had written in LaTeX to Sphinx, but it proved to be unreasonable. I ended > up selling it in pdf and paperback formats on Lulu.com. > > Now I'm starting a new book and am looking at Sphinx. It will be about > assembly language on the Raspberry Pi. I want to make it available online > (html), as an ebook (epub), and in print. There are lots of code listings, > some simple equations, and vector graphics. From my experiences a year ago, > Sphinx should work fairly well for all this. I realize that they typography > will not be as pretty as I could do in LaTeX, but I think that html and > epub will make it more accessible. > > Questions: > > 1. Since I don't have legacy code, should I use Python 3 or 2? > > 2. I plan to do this on Ubuntu 12.10. The current version in the Ubuntu > repositories is 1.1.3. Would it be better for me to install Sphinx directly > so I can get the latest version (which seems to be 1.2b1)? > > 2a. I'm also running Windows 8. I generally prefer Ubuntu for command line > work and development, but is Windows a better environment for Sphinx? > > 3. Any comments about using Sphinx compared to DocBook? > > 4. Any comments about using Sphinx compared to PanDoc? > > 5. Other suggestions? > > --Bob > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sphinx-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sphinx-users?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sphinx-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sphinx-users?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
