So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from FrameMaker to Flare

[Alan Litchfield]

Well...

On 29/10/13 1:33 PM, VLM TechSubs wrote:
>
> To the LaTex advocates: What version/product/learning tools and 
> resources have you found most useful? I’m not at all interested in 
> going back to some coding-oriented environment.
>

Since I use Mac and Windows I use TeXLive that provides MacTeX and 
MikTeX respectively. On the Mac, I use TeXShop exclusively and on 
Windows, mainly TeXWorks.

I wouldn't call it a coding oriented environment, but some might. It 
prefer to think of it as wysiwym.

For those that prefer the wysiwyg experience, there is Scientific Word: 
http://www.mackichan.com/index.html?products/sw.html

>
> It occurs to me that leaving FrameMaker cuts one’s last tie to Adobe 
> Acrobat, as well. One may need Acrobat to publish from Adobe 
> applications, but not to publish from anyplace else, of which I am aware.
>

I use Acrobat quite often, but I am not tied to the latest version of it.

Alan

>
> Best to all,
> Elchanan
>
> *From:*framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com 
> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] *On Behalf Of *Joseph 
> Lorenzini
> *Sent:* Saturday, October 26, 2013 10:13 AM
> *To:* FrameMaker Forum; TCS-Users at googlegroups.com
> *Subject:* So Long and Thanks for the Fish -- Migrating from 
> FrameMaker to Flare
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have used FrameMaker for over 5 years. I have used it to produce 
> thousands of pages of documentation. And I honestly thought that FM 
> was a great tool...for a time. Plus, the community was super helpful.
>
> So its with some regret that I am telling you that I am leaving this 
> community and the TCS suite. I am adopting Flare as a replacement. 
> Please note I am no evangelist of Flare nor do I think that there's 
> One Right Tool. FrameMaker can be a great solution for some and if 
> works for you then great. The reasons why I made this choice were 
> driven by a specific business and use case
>
> There are many reasons for this but that would cause this post to grow 
> quite large and I didn't want to flood this community with a gigantic 
> post about why I am not using its tool anymore.
>
> That said, my experience of why and how i migrated may be of interest 
> to others in this forum. If you'd like a detailed explanation and are 
> curious to learn more, I would be happy to share those details with 
> you offline. Feel free to email me.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Joseph Lorenzini
>
>
>
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