Re: Re: Alternatives for reST -> PDF

On 5/20/06, Felix Wiemann <Felix.Wiemann <at> gmx.net> wrote:
> (La)TeX code looks really ugly IMO, but LaTeX is the only free system
> that does actual typesetting, not just text rendering.  We aren't using
> LaTeX because we like it, but because it's the only tool out there.
> (Well, there may be other TeX-derivatives, but LaTeX seems to be the
> most powerful one for general-purpose typesetting.)
>
How about Lout?  I've read the design paper with fascination but I
didn't try to actually typeset anything with it.  Can anybody comment
on its output quality?

There is already a lot of code in  sandbox/lalo/lout_writer.py.
What's the status?

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