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True -- back then I was thinking of actually generating a PDF file directly and looking for a Perl package that might do the job. Then I learned that PDF files are basically glorified Postscript files and Postscript is basically a programming language that happens to have a lot of text and graphics handling capabilities. I was frightened off.

A while later I asked about doing graphics and y'all pointed me at SVG, which was/is a delight and does the job I wanted perfectly. I was wondering if there was a similar package for "document-like" generation. ASciidoc looks like it is pretty much what I needed.

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Re^5: producing fancy text
by LanX (Saint) on Aug 24, 2020 at 14:21 UTC
    > AsciiDoc looks like it is pretty much what I needed.

    Looks a lot like MarkDown or ORG-mode and print formats like PS or PDF are actually created via LaTeX.

    Please note that all these concepts of abstracting away easy LaTeX syntax won't liberate you from

    • installing TeX
    • configuring special LaTeX features when needed
    • embedding more complex LaTeX (like formulas) when needed

    Cheers Rolf
    (addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
    Wikisyntax for the Monastery

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