On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:06:13AM -0700, W. Wayne Liauh wrote: > > It takes significant amount of work to typeset any > > large document. Especially if it is a technical > > document in which you have to adhere to a set of > > strict typesetting guidelines. In these cases > > separation of content and style is essential and > > can't be stressed enough. > > > > Word Processors have no mechanism to enforce this > > separation. So you can not guarantee that a given > > document strictly follows the set standard of styling > > rules - these include presentation AND language > > rules. Eg. how to hyphenate certain words and how to > > decide how long a given dash would be. > > > > In a word processor this task is manual & labor > > intensive, but current advances have made it good for > > one-off document. Still, they are grossly inadequate > > for large documents and manuals which have to be > > written by group of people, styled by another group > > of people, proof-read, cross referenced, and updated > > from time to time. > > > > SGML based tools (eg. docbook), LaTeX/TeX and Adobe > > FrameMaker are the only tools that can do this at > > present. > > Just curious, when was the last time you used StarOffice?
When was the last time you used Latex and Framemaker? When was
the last time you were responsible for the work of 100 people?
Please read Akhilesh's answer carefully and stop repeating
the same thing. Staroffice is to Latex/Framemaker what a
mid-size sedan is to an 18-wheeler. To the untrained eye,
they appear to perform similar actions, but the actual overlap
is really small.
> Sorry, can't help it. :-)
Please, try harder...
florin
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