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[docbook-apps] DocBook vs. LaTeX questions
- From: Robert Voogdgeert <rvoogdgeert at kabelfoon dot nl>
- To: docbookapps <docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org>
- Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 20:28:44 +0200
- Subject: [docbook-apps] DocBook vs. LaTeX questions
Dear DocBook-users,
I'm currently working on my PhD. I writing it in LaTeX (memoir class).
My problem up till now is that I need to use a lot of languages in the
book that are best typeset with Unicode input, such as Hebrew, Akkadian
and other ancient near eastern languages. Combined with this I will
need bracketing in a Chomskian linguistic manner and probably some
tree-structures as well.
Although I like the PDF output of LaTeX very much, I thought it might
be worthwhile to try and set one chapter or so in docbook. I'm not
completely ignorant of xml and other structured texts like LaTeX.
My questions are:
Is docbook useful for a PhD like the above mentioned?
Can I use Unicode withing docbook?
Installing fonts (particularly expert fonts) for use with LaTeX can be
time-consuming; how is the font support for docbook, can any font be
used provided the right tags are used?
Regards,
Robert.
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