[FM Discuss] Adding LaTeX to FlossManuals.net for polishing/ layout

[adam hyde]

hey DancesWithCars,

If you want to build a python html2latex script we could insert it into
the forthcoming booki.

Otherwise, did you look at what you can do with Objavi? You can produce
very nice print source material (PDF) which is all controlled by CSS :
http://objavi.flossmanuals.net

adam



On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 09:16 -0400, DancesWithCars wrote:
> Early in the ClassActs book sprint we talked about
> whether FLOSSManuals.net use of HTML would
> allow the high end graphics polish that the group
> was originally shooting for (a National Geographics
> style).
> 
> Having run across LaTeX recently again for something
> else, it is open source and seems to be what is used
> in publishing Manuscripts and Papers in the technical
> areas, all the way up to the original book(s)
> Knuth's Art of Programming series, so it has
> the technical capability, and is open source,
> though not as intuitive as one might wish.
> 
> So, I'll put it to the communities,
> can FM exporting to LaTeX be used
> to polish a book, maybe as post production,
> to get away from the inherent limitations
> of html source for layout?
> 
> 
> We ended up using 4+ tools during the sprint,
> 
> wiki.laptop.org for the planning of the document
> and event
> etherpad.com for the table of contents
> and flossmanuals.net
> 
> Audio Conference calls at least daily.
> 
> Afterward, our communication seems to be on
> support gang, a private list, and IRC from
> FM.
> 
> 
> NB: I commend FM for what it's doing in making
> online manuals for FLOSS, as they are sorely needed,
> and look forward to a hard bound ClassActs,
> even if my writing is really in there
> after a week...
> 
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