[Tfug] Desktop Publishing Software

[Judd Pickell]

Here is a link to exporting in Scribus
http://docs.scribus.net/index.php?lang=en&page=pdfexport1

Although that seems specific to PDF, it mentions repurposing a
document about mid article. So take it with what you will.. :)

Sincerely,
Judd Pickell

On 10/29/07, Judd Pickell <pickell at gmail.com> wrote:
> Scribus I believe is probably your best bet, as the really good
> desktop publishing stuff is all very non-linux friendly. Of course you
> could hackishly make InDesign, or QuarkExpress work, but then you
> would still have to shell out the cash. In my searches before, Scribus
> seems to always be the one that comes up.
>
> However on your points of needs: I am not sure that it is entirely
> scriptable, but that is usually not a big problem, as I don't know of
> many that allow for that type of exporting anyways. When I worked  at
> the Indianapolis Star Newspaper, they paid 300K for a system to do
> that. But I am guessing that if you can export the files into a XML
> structure you would be able to make it web usable. Just don't recall
> if I saw that that as a feature or not when I was looking to Scribus
> to replace InDesign.
>
> Sincerely,
> Judd Pickell
>
> On 10/29/07, Claude Rubinson <rubinson at u.arizona.edu> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Yesterday, in a fit of religious fervor or insanity (it can be
> > difficult to distinguish between the two) I volunteered to edit a new
> > newsletter for my church.  For some reason, the fact that I've never
> > done anything like this before and have little-to-no aesthetic sense
> > didn't give me pause.
> >
> > So, I come asking for recommendations on appropriate software for the
> > task.  This is completely new territory for me, so I'm not even sure
> > what questions to ask.  I think that I've opened Scribus once but
> > that's about it.
> >
> > In descending order of desire, I'm looking for something that has the
> > following characteristics.  But, in general, any pointers, tips,
> > suggestions or recommendations would be great.
> >
> > - A solid f/oss project that will be around for a while.  If I'm going
> >   to invest my time in learning a new software package, I want to know
> >   that it's not going belly up.  I tend to have more faith in packages
> >   that have been around a while.
> >
> > - Something graphical.  I know that may seem odd coming from me but my
> >   limited aesthetic sensibility suggests that I'll do better if I can
> >   actually see the results immediately.
> >
> > - Good documentation and/or responsive user-base.  I want to be able
> >   to get good answers when I go looking for them.
> >
> > - Preferably, something that has a decent Windows and/or Mac port.  I don't
> >   expect that I'll be editing this newsletter for too long and it
> >   would be great if whoever takes over didn't have to reinvent the
> >   wheel.
> >
> > - If it were scriptable, that would be great.  It may be the case that
> >   we might want to move some of this material onto our website at some
> >   point in the future.  I would be great if we could write a script
> >   that would automatically generate the newsletter for people who
> >   prefer to receive a hardcopy.
> >
> > I appreciate any help or direction!
> >
> > Claude
> >
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