From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Slass Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Book writing mode? Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 15:36:35 GMT Organization: Comcast Online Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1085591032 14991 80.91.224.253 (26 May 2004 17:03:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 17:03:52 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 26 19:03:39 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BT1oY-0000vn-00 for ; Wed, 26 May 2004 19:03:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BT0cK-0006Nj-Nw for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 26 May 2004 11:46:56 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed1.news.rcn.net!rcn!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!attbi_s03.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:CG4o+J4V3ARRPIE42Umm5G9rVAY= Original-Lines: 28 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.18.253.35 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net Original-X-Trace: attbi_s03 1085585795 24.18.253.35 (Wed, 26 May 2004 15:36:35 GMT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 15:36:35 GMT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:123465 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:18768 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:18768 juman@jumans.net writes: >Is there any more then me out there who write articles, books or longer >storys and uses Emacs? If so what mode do you use for easy editing and >do write your text using HTML, DocBook etc or so for easy publishing? > >/juman > > If you're going to make a habit/career of writing documents for publication, and you like emacs for your text editing, I would recommend that you learn to use LaTeX, a document preparation system. LaTeX uses embedded commmands somewhat analogous to HTML tags that tell the program about the content of your document so it can determine appropriate formatting. There is a wealth of information on the web about LaTeX, but I would go buy a copy of the canonical work on the subject: Lamport, Leslie, _LaTeX: A Document Preparation System, 2/E_. ISBN: 0-201-52983-1 Also, there is an excellent mode for working with LaTeX documents from within emacs, called auctex, available here: http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex -- Mike Slass