Joachim Schrod <jschrod@acm.org> writes:
After all, I'm one of those who would have to answer, and I don't indent to. ;-) FWIW, John, you're right with your answer in the context of this question, and Charles regretfully doesn't grok it. While newer developments like XeLaTeX and luaTeX are exciting, they're not there for a beginner who wants to write a "small book".
I never said that the beginner should use TeX and friends (at least directly), that is why I pointed the OP to this article: http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/tools-create-your-next-great-novel Also, one does not have to manual edit the raw files in a text editor with tools like LyX, Kile, TeXworks, etc available. Personally I haven't wrote a LaTeX source file manually (except for touch up using AucTeX) for a long time. My work flow for the past few years have been: Emacs Muse[1]-> LaTeX (or another format) and now Emacs Org-Mode[2]-> LaTeX (or another format) I was simply addressing John's incorrect notation that writing in LaTeX involves concentrating on typesetting rather than content. Where as the opposite is true. Charles Footnotes: [1] http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsMuse [2] http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/OrgMode -- I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody. It doesn't generate revenue. (Dave '-ddt->` Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux)