[xubuntu-users] Authoring tools: Was Is there a Linux Distro with MS Word Pre installed?

[Richard Owlett]

On 1/14/2017 10:16 AM, Chris Green wrote:
>> On 1/14/2017 6:40 AM, Chris Green wrote:
>>> [snip]
>>> reStructuredText is a markup laguage (i.e. it's similar to Markdown)
>>> but is designed for the job.  It's quite readable in its native form
>>> and has conversion software for (I think, I haven't actually checked)
>>> HTML, LateX and others.
>>>
>>> See:- http://docutils.sourceforge.net
>>>
>>> I use it quite a lot for writing my own documentation and notes.
>>>
>>
>> I picked up on that you use it for writing notes.
>> I have been looking for a note taking tool. A requirement is that it has
>> some sort of hyperlinking capability. I've yet to come across anything
>> personally attractive.
>>
> reStructuredText can do hyperlinks but if you think about it
> hyperlinks in text are rather difficult to tie down.

*GRIN* That's why I hadn't found a satisfying candidate.

> It depends a lot
> on the context how the hyperlink should work.
>
>
>> The link you gave points to low level detail information.
>> It conceals what I'm looking for.
>
> Yes, I'm aware that the reStructuredText 'home' pages drop you in at
> rather a low level.
>
> There's a rather more 'user friendly' entry point at:- http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html

It has two links which provide effective propaganda.
   http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/user/rst/quickstart.html
   http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/user/rst/quickstart.txt

The key portion of the later is:
"The `What Next?`_ section below has links to further resources, 
including a formal reference."
That demonstrates generating >90% of the instances of hyper 
linking I would need.
Off page references appear to be as simple.

I use Debian. What should I "apt-get install" to produce a 
similar document. I perhaps take the ideal of "minimal footprint" 
to an extreme ;/






>
>> To use a (possibly) poor analogy, I'm looking for a page written by
>> "marketing" rather than "engineering". It would likely be in a format that
>> would be natural for Wikipedia.
>
> There is a Wikipedia entry too:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReStructuredText
>