Writing a book w/F16?

[Paul Smith]

On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 10:49 AM, suvayu ali
<fatkasuvayu+linux at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Besides which, most WYSIWYG systems run a poor second to TeX/LaTeX when
>> it comes to the excellence of the final result, and if there's any
>> mathematical content there's no contest. There's a reason most
>> mathematicians and physicists use LaTeX. The irony is that once you
>> learn a few basics, LaTeX is also easier and quicker for writing those
>> 1-page memos!
>
> If the OP is an Emacs user, then org-mode[1] for Emacs might be a good
> candidate to abstract out all the LaTeX nitty gritties. For what its
> worth, I wrote my masters thesis using it.
>
> [1] <http://orgmode.org/>

In case you choose LaTeX, I recommend you to use LyX:

http://www.lyx.org/

>From its web-page:

«LyX combines the power and flexibility of TeX/LaTeX with the ease of
use of a graphical interface. This results in world-class support for
creation of mathematical content (via a fully integrated equation
editor) and structured documents like academic articles, theses, and
books. In addition, staples of scientific authoring such as reference
list and index creation come standard. But you can also use LyX to
create a letter or a novel or a theatre play or film script. A broad
array of ready, well-designed document layouts are built in.

LyX is for people who want their writing to look great, right out of
the box. No more endless tinkering with formatting details, “finger
painting” font attributes or futzing around with page boundaries. You
just write. On screen, LyX looks like any word processor; its printed
output — or richly cross-referenced PDF, just as readily produced —
looks like nothing else. »

Good luck,

Paul