Re: Cocoa Book OT (TeX on Mac)
Re: Cocoa Book OT (TeX on Mac)
- Subject: Re: Cocoa Book OT (TeX on Mac)
- From: Christopher B Hamlin <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2002 19:49:56 -0500
On Monday, Dec 9, 2002, at 16:25 US/Eastern, Brian E. Howard wrote:
On Monday, December 9, 2002, at 04:09 PM, Timothy Ritchey wrote:
It would be nice if the publishing pipeline were that smooth, but it
just isn't.
My point is that the "publishing pipeline" is ass backwards. My
approach would be to design the book first, choosing fonts, layout
(TeX macros) and other design elements before any writing. Then the
author could use the TeX macros to full advantage and then once the
words are finished so is the bloody book. Just print the thing.
As someone who's done it your way, even creating
indexing and cross-referencing macros so that authors
of separate chapters could cross-reference to chapters
not written, it certainly can be a great way to go.
There are drawbacks to TeX, but it's cross-platform, free
(usually, not that TeXtures isn't nice), stable, etc. And it
is nice (to me, anyway) to be able to use vim, cvs,
diff, and so on, since TeX is text-based.
If you are interested, if Brian has converted you,
and you want more info on TeX on the Mac, follow
the link:
http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/
Regards,
Chris Hamlin
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