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Are there any programs like Adobe Framemaker for Ubuntu?

Thanks for your help.

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Jeet (gour-jitendrasingh) said : 		#1

what type of problem you facing can you please elabrote it.

and also provide output of
uname -a; lsb_release -a

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darcy s (fencergrrl) said : 		#2

I'm just looking for a recommendation for a program that is like Adobe FrameMaker that is open source. Nothing comes up in the searches that I have done.

Thanks for your help.

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Best marcus aurelius (adbiz) said : 		#3

framemaker is ancient. don't remember what it does. i'm guessing it's a dtp program. you can use scribus for your dtp.

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darcy s (fencergrrl) said : 		#4

Thanks marcus aurelius, that solved my question.

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Jorge Juan (jjchico) said : 		#5

Hi!

FrameMaker 6 (possible also newer versions) works nicely in ubuntu under wine. Just install "wine" and execute the "Setup.exe" install program in the FM CD.

And yes, FM is ancient but is a superior word processor and DTP application. I was very used to it 10 year ago and I still miss it becouse there is not a good replacement for it. I am still to see a better WYSISYG equation editor.

You can work in a somehow similar way by using Libreoffice styles. Libreoffice is quite style-oriented, but not as much as FM or mark-up languages like Latex or SGML. Still it has some nice features like style inheritance and a good set of standard pre-defined styles.