Bleeding Edge: Text and Document Processing Tools | Linux Today

Bleeding Edge: Text and Document Processing Tools

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 5, 1999

“Text and document processing tools through the use of
typesetting languages are especially popular for the creation of
large documents such as books.”

“… most Linux installations have powerful document processing
tools already installed.”

“TeX is a typesetting system intended for the creation of books,
particularly ones that contain mathematics.”

“Much like TeX, groff can create documents and books. One
feature of Groff that is missing from TeX, though, is the ability
to create ASCII plain-text output.”

“SGML (Standard Generalised Markup Language) is the king of
markup languages.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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