I'm using KeenWrite to write a sci-fi novel and can produce a standard manuscript format in seconds (because the content is kept separate from the presentation).
Regarding technical documentation, I extended Markdown in KeenWrite with a consistent cross-reference syntax for tables, figures, equations, etc.
Re:Why I Prefer RST to Markdown
by thesnide on Thursday August 01, 2024 @04:01PM
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about keenwrite, touting "producing beautifully typeset PDF files" and not giving a single PDF example, ideally its documentation, is a missed opportunity, to say the least ;-)
* https://whitemagicsoftware.com/softcover/technical.pdf
* https://impacts.to/downloads/lowres/impacts.pdf
* https://whitemagicsoftware.com/softcover/jekyll-hyde.pdf
My blog describes shell scripts to use pandoc and knitr for converting Markdown to PDF:
https://dave.autonoma.ca/blog/2019/05/22/typesetting-markdow...
I wrote a FOSS GUI/CLI cross-platform desktop application to replace those shell scripts:
* https://keenwrite.com
* https://keenwrite.com/screenshots.html
* https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB-WIt1cZYLm1MMx2FBG9...
I'm using KeenWrite to write a sci-fi novel and can produce a standard manuscript format in seconds (because the content is kept separate from the presentation).
Regarding technical documentation, I extended Markdown in KeenWrite with a consistent cross-reference syntax for tables, figures, equations, etc.
* https://gitlab.com/DaveJarvis/KeenWrite/-/blob/main/docs/ref...