LxS Alexis.Lee@uea.ac.uk writes:
Which, IMHO, means they're not really going to help you any more than your existing word processor. You'll probably still need to mess with the HTML output to get it looking nice.
Maybe you will still need to tweak it, but it'll be a lot less than disentangling word processor HTML output.
Besides, it took me a day and a half to get a letter which looked even half decent using LaTeX, and I missed off a lot of the complicated bits. It is old, at least, and hence stable.
Depends on what you claim as "half-decent" and how well you read manuals. (You're a computing student, aren't you? ;-) ) You have to remember the 80/20 rule and ask whether the 20 is worth it.
MJR or anyone: is the Apache FOP any good? Can't be bothered to learn all about FOs if there isn't even a working processor yet...
I'll let Andrew say about how well it works, as I've not used it for some time. I believe it still works, though.
ps. and the stupid way they write tex/latex REALLY gets on my nerves.
Define it as a macro ;-)