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Lout

http://savannah.nongnu.org/p/lout
Lout is a document formatting system similar to LaTeX. 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 and PDF (starting from version 3.12) output are also available. Furthermore, Lout is easily extended with definitions which are easier to write than troff or TeX macros because Lout is a high-level language. Lout offers an unprecedented range of advanced features, including:

  • optimal paragraph breaking
  • automatic hyphenation
  • PostScript EPS file inclusion and generation
  • equation formatting
  • tables
  • diagrams
  • rotation and scaling
  • sorted indexes
  • bibliographic databases
  • running headers and odd
  • even pages
  • automatic cross referencing
  • multilingual documents including hyphenation (most European languages are supported, including Russian)
  • formatting of C, C++, Java, Eiffel, and other programs

Documentation

User's and expert's guides included; User's guide available in PostScript format from
  • User's guide (PS) (PDF)
  • Programmer's guide (PS) (PDF)

Related Projects


Download

Download External-link-icon.png version 3.36 (stable)
released on 21 September 2010

Categories


Licensing

LicenseVerified byVerified onNotes
GPLv3orlaterJanet Casey16 February 2001


Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
"Email jeff@cs.usyd.edu.au" Jeffrey Kingston Maintainer
"Email uwe@ptc.spbu.ru" Valerie Ushakov Contributor

Resources and communication

Audience Resource type URI
Bug Tracking,Developer,Help,Support E-mail mailto:lout@pyt.spbu.ru
VCS Webview VCS Repository Webview http://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/viewvc/?root=lout
lout-users mailing list Mailing List https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lout-users


Software prerequisites

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This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 19 March 2012.



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