Re: Desktop Publsihing on Linux

On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 08:11:45PM -0800, Damien Hull wrote:
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>
> Here's a short list of the software and hardware I will be using for
> desktop publishing.
>
> Software
>
> 1. Scribus - Desktop Publishing software
> 2. Gimp - Bitmap editor ( photos )
> 3. Inkscape - Vector illustrator
>

     You might consider xaralx as well. It does some things that
     Inkscape cannot, and you can simply import png images from
     xarlx as you need them. Their tutorials are also good.

     The linux version lacks features from the Windows version
     (of which the most vexing was any way to portray quotes
     properly. If I am going to do desktop publishing, I should
     at least be able to get quotes, mdash, ndash correctly.
     Inkscape also has this problem.)

     Of course, if you get a very complex pages, it may dump,
     so save intermediate results often.

     For routine stuff (without fancy text flows, off page
     continuation and the like) I still prefer groff.

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Rgds,

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Mike Bishop 
Willow, Alaska
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