What software tooling do you recommend?
Ask HN: I am writing a book what tools do you recommend?
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#2What's the subject matter of the book?
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#4What's the subject matter of the book?
Non fiction, filled have simple line diagrams and a little mathematics.
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#5html+css+latex(math)+some library for grahps(d3)
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#6Emacs.
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#7Scrivener
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#8Overleaf
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#9Recommend as simple as possible for the text, and start with pencil & paper for the diagrams. Then move no-longer-draft text into latex (for maths and formatting) and something simplish (maybe inkscape) for the diagrams.
You DON'T want to spend writing time doing any formatting and playing with computers ... that's an easy was to burn lots of time. Get the ideas (words & pics) clear and complete, then the formatting is quick.
And whatever you use, it should do everything with styles, not manually selecting bold-for-this and sans-for-that - that's just a waste of time (so avoid MS).
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#10Something simple to organize/reorganize ideas and order.
Some sort of kanban-type platform (like trello or airtable) might be useful.