Using AsciiDoc to write my two books(yieldcode.blog)
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Using AsciiDoc to write my two books
https://www.yieldcode.blog/post/asciidoc-for-book-writing/
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For the kind of writing I've done, I have not seen LaTex offer anything that I could not get in easier ways that worked better for me.
I've never seen LaTex offer anything of value to me. So, no -- I would not use it.
I've never seen LaTex offer anything of value to me. So, no -- I would not use it.
People don't like LaTeX.
I work on a family of ISO standards. Started off using LaTeX 30 years ago, then Microsoft Word, currenly using a custom XML workflow, starting to transition to AsciiDoc+AsciiMath.
I work on a family of ISO standards. Started off using LaTeX 30 years ago, then Microsoft Word, currenly using a custom XML workflow, starting to transition to AsciiDoc+AsciiMath.
I tried AsciiDoc and found it rather limited. LaTex is the way to go for a serious technical book.
I wrote Code Is for Humans (codeisforhumans.com) using LaTex and it worked well. Now it's a bestseller on Amazon :)
I wrote Code Is for Humans (codeisforhumans.com) using LaTex and it worked well. Now it's a bestseller on Amazon :)
It is nicely editable in text editors, versionable with git, has CLI tools, has templates that can be used as-is or customized to the gills.
To top it off, it has 30 years of development and packages at its dispsosal that can solve almost every need that arises.