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Substitutes for FrameMaker for Linux - markup languages and conglomerate
Subject:Substitutes for FrameMaker for Linux - markup languages and conglomerate From:Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 04 Dec 2000 11:32:20 -0800
Last week, I posted to the Framer and Techwr-l lists various
suggestions about what people could use instead of FrameMaker for
Linux: StarOffice, Kword, Windows emulators and so on.
Corresponding off list, I realized that I had missed two of the most
obvious substitutes: SGML and XML in general, and DocBook in
particular.
One of the best things about markup languages, of course, is that
you aren't tool dependent. All you actually need is a plain text
editor. However, for those who like a GUI, let me steer them towards
www.conglomerate.org. I'm going to be putting conglomerate through
its paces in the next month or so, but I tried an earlier version,
and it looks very promising. It's also free software, so you won't
be totally stranded if development stops.
--
Bruce Byfield, Outlaw Communications
Contributing Editor, Maximum Linux
604.421.7189 bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com
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The bishop has a bible that says our souls are damned,
Mackenzie had a printing press, it's soaking in the bay,
And if Mackenzie comes again, there will be hell to pay."
-Dennis Lee, "Mackenzie"
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