Re: [orca-list] ot: what to use to write technical documents (no math)

[John G Heim <jheim math wisc edu>]

I do all my writing in latex with gedit. The main reason is that I can 
easily make documents that look normal to sighted people. There is a 
tool to convert latex to pdf so when I email someone an article I have 
written, I usually  send them a pdf. Gedit has a plugin for latex but I 
don't use it much.



On 3/10/20 7:35 AM, Jason White via orca-list wrote:
> Michał Zegan <webczat_200 poczta onet pl> wrote:
> > I have the following question: (note that for the purpose of this
> > question libre office and word are treated as one thing, as in, I have
> > both and can use both).
> > What would you use to write documents like theses?
>
> Although you could use Markdown, LaTeX offers more control over presentation.
> I have written in both. For writing papers, though, I usually find that I need
> features that Pandoc Markdown doesn't offer, so I just write it in LaTeX
> instead. My work does not involve mathematics. I think the idea that LaTeX is
> primarily intended for mathematical writing is a misconception. I tend to use
> Markdown for simpler documents such as slide presentations.
>
> Of course, you can use whatever editing environment you prefer. Emacs works
> well in a terminal or console. For use with Orca, I'm not sure what would be
> best - perhaps gedit? I haven't had much experience with it.
>
> The better editing environments automatically check the markup for errors, and
> provide keyboard commands to insert it automatically (e.g., to add a section,
> to create a list or table, etc.).
>
> Are there any good editors, accessible with Orca, that support HTML, LaTeX,
> Markdown, etc. beyond basic text editing capabilities? That is, besides
> running Emacs or Vim in a terminal.
>
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