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Re: [seul-edu] Linux DTP
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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