Richard,
I
downloaded and tried lyx. It doesn't seem to fit the bill either. Besides the
fact that it isn't true WYSIWYG and besides the irritating screen colors that
I couldn't figure out how to change, it seems to work with one continuous text
frame from beginning to end. Instead, we need the ability to create multiple
text frames of various sizes on each page, each one for a separate story and
each individually linkable to other pages in the publication.
PageMaker exactly suits the
needs of this DTP class. Since it isn't Linux, though, FrameMaker is the
closest thing.
Ruled
out so far: Impress, Airstream, and Lyx. Still waiting for further response
from icesculptor. Their demo is for i686, so they said they would recompile it
for i386 and let me try it.
Hi,
> I
checked out the "Impress" program, supposedly DTP, and wanted to give a
followup report. While the graphics capabilitites are excellent, as far as
DTP it's just a basic program you might use to create cards and one-page
flyers. The text capabilities are extremely limited -- just a few lines here
and there, with no capability to make and link frames. It would be extremely
hard to create anything like a newsletter or booklet with
it.
> Thanks for the suggestion, though.
Hmm,
I suppose Artstream would be too pricey at $295? (www.mediascape.com/products.html).
It imports postscript. From the site: "Layout typography using any Type1
font. Flow multiple stories through Bezier based margins and text paths
across multiple pages. Compose with customizable styles. Paragraph and
character specifications include precision controls for justification,
leading, tabs, kerning, hyphenation, baselines, rotation, drop-shadows,
transparency and more...."
Alternatively Lyx maybe the best long-term
investment (in learning terms).
- Richard S
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