How does scribus compare to latex or lyx, my document layout/ publishing engines of choice? What features would convince me to pay money for this product?
Scribus is open source, but you can probably find someone who will let you pay for it if you want to.
I took a look at Scribus on the Mac recently. It has an interesting feature where you can embed some LaTeX source into the document, assiciated with a box on the layout. It will render the LaTeX using your TeX installation behind the scenes, setting the \textwidth to fit the box. So you can get, to some extent, the Scribus conveniences with the excellent TeX typesetting. I haven't actually used Scribus, but it seems to be designed to do things like lay out newspapers; this is possible but hard to do with LaTeX.
latex comparison (Score:0)
How does scribus compare to latex or lyx, my document layout/ publishing engines of choice? What features would convince me to pay money for this product?
Re:latex comparison (Score:3)
Scribus is open source, but you can probably find someone who will let you pay for it if you want to.
I took a look at Scribus on the Mac recently. It has an interesting feature where you can embed some LaTeX source into the document, assiciated with a box on the layout. It will render the LaTeX using your TeX installation behind the scenes, setting the \textwidth to fit the box. So you can get, to some extent, the Scribus conveniences with the excellent TeX typesetting. I haven't actually used Scribus, but it seems to be designed to do things like lay out newspapers; this is possible but hard to do with LaTeX.