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lout
A document formating system
lout
Description
Lout is a document formatting system designed and implemented by Jeffrey Kingston at the Basser Department of Computer Science, University of Sydney, Australia.
The system reads a high-level description of a document similar in style to LaTeX and produces a PostScript file which can be printed on most laser printers and graphic display devices. Plain text output is also available, PDF output is limited but working (e.g. no graphics). Lout is inherently multilingual. Adding new languages is easy.
The Lout package for Haiku includes includes documentation in PDF format, so people new to Lout have an easier time learning how to use it. The files will be located under:
/boot/system/documentation/packages/lout/
* slides.pdf serves as a short introduction to Lout's capabilities. * user.pdf offers a very complete documentation. "Appendix A" contains a nice quick-reference guide! * expert.pdf and design.pdf will serve well the more advanced users.
When working with Lout files under Haiku, using the Pe editor can be convenient, as it includes special supports for them (syntax coloring, content navigation, etc).
Install
Channel stable v3.43-3
This app is curated in HaikuPorts. Install it from there, it is already available in HaikuDepot.
pkgman install lout
Careful: the file comes from HaikuPorts' own server, but installing it by hand is not the way in. It is pkgman that resolves the dependencies an .hpkg does not carry with it, and a package installed on its own may simply not run. Use the pkgman command above, unless you know exactly why you want the file.