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Originally Posted by cootcraig
Understood, LibreOffice will a good place to start and produce something. Complications can come later, as is my wont.
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Even my process is more complicated than I've currently described. Yes, I produce the epub directly from LibreOffice (see a below), but still do a clean up using Sigil - editing the CSS and HTML directly where I choose ... we all make things more complicated, whatever we might proclaim as good practice.
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Originally Posted by Tex2002ans
LibreOffice EPUB output is still very rough.
It's mostly just a basic wrapper around their XHTML export.
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That's said to hear. I currently use
Writer2xhtml (actually a slightly modified version I created during a period when the developer wasn't maintaining the project). I see the developer is saying now:
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The EPUB export will be removed. Since vesion 6, LibreOffice features a native EPUB export. It is expected that this will evolve into a suitable alternative to the EPUB export in Writer2LaTeX. Writer2LaTeX 1.6 will still be maintained for users relying on the EPUB export.
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Which will be me until the built-in comes up to standard. I've had a very good run with Writer2xhtml, I think it creates an excellent starting position for final clean up in Sigil.
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Originally Posted by rcentros
If I could get WordStar keystrokes in LibreOffice Writer I would be happy, but [..] Now if I just do some writing I would be ready to go.  |
Given the popularity of WordStar back then I would have thought there would be more obvious support being added to open-source projects. Did WordStar users not become software developers? The closest I can find is this:
Wordstar shortcuts for Writer. The link is offered for information, NOT recommendation. From the post it seems apparent this is only partial solution, use at your own risk, backup your existing settings first, etc. etc..
As I sit here typing this I could be spending the time on a project that's been waiting for me for almost 12 months with
bugger all very little progress thanks to work taking up all my head space. ... I think this all presents a lesson in the difference between professional and amateur. I am a professional software developer, I can turn it on and off at will (well, on, turning off is much harder). I am, regrettably, only an amateur writer, turning it on takes considerable and effort which means I need a big slice of time just to get started.