Jim Crumley allegedly wrote: > On Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 09:33:12PM -0500, Timothy Wilson wrote: > > I'd like to begin putting my lecture notes and overhead projector > > transparencies in electronic format. I wonder if someone has a quick > > recommendation. > > > > Whatever method, I'm planning on writing in plain text for maximum > > compatibility. That suggests something like vim/emacs + one of the 'roffs, > > TeX, LaTeX/LyX, SGML, XML, HTML... I've got some experience with DocBook, > > but I don't think that will really fit the bill. If I did use DocBook, I > > would have to do a lot of work on my own custom stylesheet. > > I'll echo what others have said. LaTeX if you need a lot of math, > otherwise I'd go with html. I use Vim/LateX, though I've played > with Lyx a little. I use the seminar document class for making > overheads - it has a few extra frills like boxes around the edge > of the slide, but nothing too fancy. The nice thing about LaTeX > is that it is pretty easy to transform to many different formats - > ps, pdf, html, etc. ... and the bad thing about LaTeX is that, well, it's TeX. ;^l Lately I've been writing stuff in the StarOffice format. The presentation package is not all that great, but it will create a website rather nicely. And it does graphics quite well. There is some mathematical capability beyond just fonts, FYI. It is in any case another option. Adios, Chris -- C.S. Cornuelle School of Mathematics/MCIM, University of Minnesota 206 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612) 626-8930v, (612) 624-2333f, bob at math.umn.edu Ferventer Vestite --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org