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I think there may be a market for a typesetting language that interacts directly with PostScript instead of LaTex + dozens of packages -> PDF or HTML + CSS + fo
by Vt71fcAqt7 4y ago
I think there may be a market for a typesetting language that interacts directly with PostScript instead of LaTex + dozens of packages -> PDF or HTML + CSS + forcing pagination -> PDF. It would basically be a high level language that is compiled to PostScript and perhaps word, DVI and even HTML. I say there is a market for it because I imagine that there are many companies using a collection of hacked together scripts perhaps involving word-mailmerge to make their invoices and letters. Unless there is an industry standard I'm not aware of. LaTex I feel is "just enough" for whitepapers but breaks for almost anything past that. Document generation for example is impossible without using a templating engine. There's nothing wrong with that specificaly but it's limited in many ways that add up to it being an annoying experience. I've also used HTML/CSS -> PDF but there is no pagination by default. We need a real typesetting language.
- mistrial9 4y agogreat developers want to re-make tools + tools never pay well in the market => zealots and dreamers get glued to tedious toolchain managers for a short time, then retreat.. repeat markets seek to reward initiative, but do reward great initiative, greatly? no, so the cycle will always repeat source: I have a 3-ring binder from Adobe Systems that I picked up from their Embarcadero building, pre-Red Book.
- Vt71fcAqt7 4y ago>source: I have a 3-ring binder from Adobe Systems that I picked up from their Embarcadero building, pre-Red Book. could you expound on what this means and how it functions as a source?