On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 11:08:53PM -0400, Smitty wrote:
> On Thursday 19 September 2002 22:04, you wrote:
> > I'm looking to be able to create nice looking output on a laser printer
> > from text files (of whatever variety). Let's say I want to generate
> > forms. In particular, I want to be able to do reversed-out text, meaning
> > white letters on a black background. Eventually, I'd also like to be
> > able to put logos and such on the forms as well.
> >
> > I think TeX is probably made for this, but I know very little about it.
> > Nor do I really know where to find the data, except for some probably
> > huge tome by Don Knuth on the subject.
> >
> > In any case, do you think TeX is the best tool, or is something better?
> > Likewise, does anyone know how I can produce reversed out text, etc.?
> >
> > Paul
>
> Check out Lyx, my son.
> http://www.lyx.org
> smitty
Lyx is a word processor layer on top of LaTeX, which is a layer of
macros on top of TeX. Lyx is a word processor from which you create
documents one at a time. Moreover, it's designed to remove the details
of presentation from the user, and allow him/her to simply specify
content and "styles", like "letter", "article", etc.
What I'm looking for is a really a typesetting language in which I can
manually specify precisely what I want where. TeX and groff appear to be
the major contenders. I'm busily reading up on both, but any assistance
from others would help.
Paul
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