[wplug] posters with linux?

[Doug Green]

Thanks all for the suggestions and feedback. As usual, this group rocks 
in providing quick responses!

I have made several scientific posters with LaTeX, and after thorough 
evaluation, it is not sufficient for my needs. My chief complaint is 
the amount of time required to assemble a poster. A poster should take 
NO MORE than a couple of hours to put together. Unless you have a very 
(\emph{very}) static layout for your data, using LaTeX can take much 
more time than I'm willing to dedicate to a poster. If you have ever 
had a compound figure nested inside columns with captions, you know 
exactly what I'm talking about. Secondary complaints include very steep 
learning curve for new changes, limitations of format within certain 
environments, and "the usual rules for "etc.

The bottom line is that LaTeX is not a viable alternative for me. IMHO, 
it's not an effective use of time. I'm mostly interested to see if 
anyone has used any alternatives... would anyone be willing to share a 
poster from another app for comparison? I was hoping someone come up 
with a creative use for an app like Gimp, Scribus or something else?

For anyone who wants to use LaTeX, I'll be happy to share my own poster 
template... just email me off-list.

Thanks again,
Doug



On Sep 21, 2004, at 2:50 PM, John Harrold wrote:

> Sometime in September Darius Cardren assaulted the keyboard and 
> produced:
>
> | ummm that link is dead...
> |
> | > http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~pjh/posters/poster_howto.html
>
> try this one:
>
> http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~pjh/posters/poster_howto_UF.html
>
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