On Dec 3, 2009, at 4:12 AM, luigi scarso wrote:
Maybe epub as backend is a more interesting idea: given (some kind of gentle ) tex file one can produce an epub file as result.
You're putting the cart before the horse. Sadly, epub is rather lacking in markup capabilities. Instead, one should use a full-fledged markup scheme such as TEI, then one can convert that using an XSLT and add a nicely designed CSS to create a .epub which will be as good as it gets, but unfortunately, won't be as nice to read as a nicely formatted .pdf due to limitations of the H&J capabilities of .epub viewing programs. An excellent example of the limitations of the .epub format in comparison to .pdf is _Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy_: http://people.umass.edu/klement/russell-imp.html William -- William Adams senior graphic designer Fry Communications Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow.