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I agree completely that the best thing to do for your project is establish the set of requirements prior to launching students against it. I had begun making such a list for inclusion in my previous post but quickly discovered it would be a very big job (certainly more of a job than appropriate for this list).
If some derivative of LaTeX sounds too ambitious, how about using something like runoff (groff, troff, etc.) with its simple command set, long history, and ample supply of sample documents it could be a good direction to follow. (I confess I had begun looking at this idea myself...) For most works of fiction, history, or other disciplines that do not require graphical elements, this command set is more than adequate. A simple "include JPG" command would probably cover the rest.
I still believe that the text processing (non-GUI), preview (GUI), and control aspects (also probably a GUI--but a command line version would also be VERY nice) is a good way to divide the problem. Gee! Model-view-controller... imagine that! {grin}
-- Scott
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