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Create non-fiction pamphlet on Linux?
Completely depends on what type of documents.
Have any sample images/documents of what you're aiming for?
Is this going to be text-heavy? Or are you going to create tons of images with floating bubbles, multi-page spreads? etc. etc.
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I haven't fleshed this out much, but was expecting to start simple. Basically a simple technical memo with:
chapter,section,subsection outline organization
block quotes
anchor links
lists
images
No fancy layout for now.
For a few years I've been using a static html generator nanoc and pushed it to a hosted site. Nanoc gives me a framework to write with markdown and HTML. The above list is most of what I do with my nanoc based blog.
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Originally Posted by Tex2002ans
Why did you choose LyX initially, just because you wanted a WYSIWYM editor? And you didn't know enough pure LaTeX?
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Pretty much. I dabbled with LaTeX, but when I found LyX it did everything I wanted and was easy for me.
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But it is still VERY rough (and nothing close to something coming out of Calibre ODT/DOCX->EPUB, or as clean as Toxaris's EPUB Tools). Like I mentioned, it's pretty much just the XHTML that's been coming out of LibreOffice for a while now, just plopped into an EPUB wrapper.
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That gives me some ideas to chew on.
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NotJohn brought up WordStar over the years.
Last time he brought it up, I pointed out emacs with "WordStar emulation mode":
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Since cootcraig using vim, I assume there's something similar. (vim and emacs can do EVERYTHING!)
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Over my career I careened between vim and emacs, but for many years I've stuck with vim. I guess vim is just a familiar text editor friend with benefits (add on helper scripts)
Since I'm a coder at heart I think my first attempt will be with
pandoc markdown -> pandoc -> epub