Hi all, Is there any specialised tools in GNU/Linux for use of Journalists(Newspaper)? I think scribus is one of them.If there are any more tools please provide info about it. GUI based tools are prefered. also let me know that whether they are used in the industry.
regards Manilal
Manilal,
What type of tools ur looking for? Can u specify the requirements?
Regards
Ginu George
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Hi all, Is there any specialised tools in GNU/Linux for use of Journalists(Newspaper)? I think scribus is one of them.If there are any more tools please provide info about it. GUI based tools are prefered. also let me know that whether they are used in the industry.
regards Manilal
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Manilal K M wrote:
Hi all, Is there any specialised tools in GNU/Linux for use of Journalists(Newspaper)? I think scribus is one of them.If there are any more tools please provide info about it. GUI based tools are prefered. also let me know that whether they are used in the industry.
It's not inherently GUI based, but LaTeX [http://www.latex-project.org/] should cover all publication requirements. There are also programs like LyX [http://www.lyx.org/] and TeXmacs [http://www.texmacs.org/] which act as front ends and have a GUI.
Harish
On Sat, 2005-09-03 at 19:26 -0400, Harish Narayanan wrote:
Manilal K M wrote:
Is there any specialised tools in GNU/Linux for use of Journalists(Newspaper)? I think scribus is one of them.If there are any more tools please provide info about it. GUI based tools are prefered. also let me know that whether they are used in the industry.
It's not inherently GUI based, but LaTeX [http://www.latex-project.org/] should cover all publication requirements. There are also programs like LyX [http://www.lyx.org/] and TeXmacs [http://www.texmacs.org/] which act as front ends and have a GUI.
LaTeX is not really suited for newspaper typesetting. As the project page says: LaTeX is a high-quality typesetting system, with features designed for the production of technical and scientific documentation.
If the newspaper publishing industry is intended, then they could use many tools, inlcuding photo-editing (Gimp), vector graphics (Inkscape), typesetting (Scribus), email and so on. Journalists themselves would need tools like wordprocessors, spreadsheets, email, contact management and task scheduling (evolution, kontact), etc. Simple things like stickynotes/knotes could be very useful as reminders. Of course, photo journalists could use Gimp, and cartoonists may be able to use ktoon or inkscape.
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