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Re: Lout Document Formatting System

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On 28 Apr 2019, dougLas L. mcaLLaster civ wrote:

> I recommend the Lout Document Formatting System to postscript folks. Lout has
> a very small footprint (vs La-Tex) and is a great typesetter. It is free and
> stable, on Linux and Windows. It has a 300+ page manual. It also can typeset
> source code in several languages. See its wiki page.
>
> If there are Lout users on this list, I would like to dialog.

Lout's great: I love not having to worry about LaTeX's warts of what
order I include packages and how they don't all quite play nicely with
each other, instead Lout offers an elegant uniformity where one tries
something and it works without surprises. It's also very relevant here
given how it even goes so far as to allow literal PostScript to be
included in one's documents. However, it's been maintenance-only for
many years: for example, anyone wanting microtypography on OpenType
Unicode fonts is going to be disappointed. I had my eye on the Nonpareil
effort but, well, now I am just down to using Lout for some minor
personal stuff, I haven't used its more advanced features for years,
partly because nobody I collaborate with professionally knows it.

-- Mark

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