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Your most used SPECIAL programs
fenixproductions:
2tomos
when you say "coding", do you think a non-coder could manage without staying up all night or something?!!! :-)-tomos
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Sorry for measuring people by my own scale ;)
to clarify, I'm looking for a programme that can produce a pdf with embedded fonts (whether opentype or TrueType, document mainly type -layout important- and possibly with some illustrations) and without huge learning curve. I've heard and read about Tex, but you know the way, just reading doesnt really help sometimes ...-tomos
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Maybe use DTP tool (such like Scribus) then?
Your most used SPECIAL programs
tomos:
2tomos
when you say "coding", do you think a non-coder could manage without staying up all night or something?!!! :-)-tomos
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Sorry for measuring people by my own scale ;)-fenixproductions (August 23, 2008, 04:54 PM)
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- I'm presuming that means I'd have to stay up all night ;D
to clarify, I'm looking for a programme that can produce a pdf with embedded fonts (whether opentype or TrueType, document mainly type -layout important- and possibly with some illustrations) and without huge learning curve. I've heard and read about Tex, but you know the way, just reading doesnt really help sometimes ...-tomos
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Maybe use DTP tool (such like Scribus) then?
(see attachment in previous post)
-fenixproductions (August 23, 2008, 04:54 PM)
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I've tried that & will try it again, had some things that bothered me that are actively being worked on but using windows I'm always a version or two behind,
but also then, what I read about TEX - it sounds like it's much better/more advanced when it came to text & creating a layout & then adding the text (if I understood correctly)
Also not wanting to take the thread off-topic :-[
40hz:
... but it's nothing like LyX if that's what your worried about. ;)
-40hz (August 22, 2008, 08:50 AM)
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that sounds negative ...
-tomos (August 23, 2008, 03:47 PM)
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Not actually. :)
I was responding to f0dder asking if LilyPond threw a huge number of files up on your hard drive. It doesn't. LyX is a huge install and does. But I am happy with the way LyX works.
LilyPond = small & neat = good.
LyX = big & sprawling = good.
Hope that clarifies. ;)
Curt:
.... Also not wanting to take the thread off-topic :-[ -tomos (August 23, 2008, 05:02 PM)
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- you are all within the frames, I would say:
the programs you are debating are SPECIAL, and you are telling how you are using them!
8)
Armando:
2cranioscopical
Try maybe this one:
http://www.latexeditor.org/
It requires some "coding" but it was real pleasure to learn the syntax with it. I remember how I was pissed that I found this little guy AFTER I wrote my thesis using "Win-something" shareware ;) LED is the best LaTeX editor I've ever used.
-fenixproductions (August 22, 2008, 06:23 PM)
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I downloaded latexeditor after I read your post. I'm just beginning to explore it and already I'm impressed.
Excellent find. Thanks for sharing it! :Thmbsup:
-40hz (August 23, 2008, 01:43 PM)
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Ditto. An interesting program.
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