[DG: Open Forum] Favorite Markup Language

[Mark Norton]

This is exactly why the big publishing applications use XML.  XSLT can 
be used to generate pretty much any other kind of markup, including 
PDF.  Sadly, such applications often run tens of thousands of dollars.  
Framemake "might" do it for you.  It's merely in the thousand dollar range.

- Mark

csev wrote:
> In working on my Python book, I ran back into LaTeX because that was what the book I was adapting was written in.   I definitely like it because there are lots of  add-ons, options, etc for it.
>
> If I start thinking about the future, my goal is to write in something that is (a) abstract, (b) simple, (c) rich, and (d) highly transformable.
>
> These days, I want (with no additional work) - Browser-style HTML, Mobile HTML, ePUB (several formats), print-ready PDF that looks like an O'Reilly book, and who knows what next?
>
> Probably a key concept is that the editing is never in a final format for anything - but some really abstract format aimed at maximal author convenience.
>
> The nice thing I like about LaTeX is that 10 year old documents can still be edited and re-produced.  But LaTeX is not so god for making web sites.
>
> I too wish there was "one answer to this".
>
> /Chuck
>
> On Apr 26, 2010, at 1:15 PM, Steven Githens wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Just curious what you're favorite markup/wiki/formatting syntax is.  
>> Markdown? Creole? Restructured Text? LaTeX?  Something else?  The 
>> context here is mostly for writing instructions and technical 
>> documentation for open source software.
>>
>> I've been using Restructured Text for my personal projects, and am 
>> thinking about switching to Markdown or something similar.
>>
>> DISCUSS!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Steve
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