RE: Technical Writing with LaTeX

["Broberg, Mats" <mabr -at- flir -dot- se>]

Simon North wrote:

> If you seriously want to do technical writing with LaTeX, you 
> will quickly discover that there are few LaTeX stylesheets 
> that are much use, and you will want to write your own.

However, there are at least two classes (e.g. 'stylesheets') that are
highly configurable - the memoir class and the koma-script. The
documentation for the first one is excellent and also includes some
theory about fine printing & typesetting.

> it's simply too much effort when packages like Frame are better for
tech writing and a lot easier to use.

It's a pity though that FM does neither feature a paragraph-based H&J
algorithm, nor hanging punctuation. 

Btw, InDesign CS 2 was announced today, and it supports footnotes. This
will definitely make some people jump of joy (yes, including me).

Best regards,
Mats Broberg
Technical Documentation Manager
www.flirthermography.com 

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