Raw Text Editing Guidelines [ Edited ]

[russmcb]

I'm writing with my favorite text editor---Vim (yes, I understand that Lulu doesn't recommend using raw text editors).  Using padoc and the pandoc syntax, or just the simple markdown syntax, I can import and export into a wide variety of formats and maintain enormous flexibility in how it's rendered as an end product.  And I think it's actually easier than writing in something like Word [cough, cough] where you can get bogged down in all sorts of style choices that only create problems later.  Leave that for the CSS style sheet after youre done writing.

So, my questions:

1- Is there a collection of CSS files that Lulu uses which I can try when I convert to ePub, or a collection of LaTex style sheets that I can try when I convert to PDF?

2- Is there a set of Lulu guidelines when writing with a "raw" text editor?  If not, I'll just use a very simple pandoc markup syntax which is similar (but I think superior to multimarkdown).  Really, I'll just be tagging headers, footnotes, and images.

Thanks.

[Ken Anderson]

Russ,
1. No there isn't. The Lulu Word-2-EPUB Converter makes the CSS files for each EPUB and they are unique to a particular project. In my opinion they are very badly created and then mis-used.
2. No the only guidelines are for creating an EPUB from Word. 

I confess to being ignorant of both LaTex and pandoc so I can't help you there.
The only options open to Lulu users who want EPUBs is to either upload a Word .doc(x), an RTF file or a complete .epub.

Sorry not to be more help.  

[russmcb]

O.k., thanks for the reply.  I'm find some suitable stylesheets for both cases on my own and muddle through it.

[Ken Anderson]

I can let you have one of mine if you think it might help.

[russmcb]

Sure, thank Ken!  MIghty neighborly of you.  I don't like the idea of some complex conversion system of Lulu's generating my ePub so I'll be doing it myself.  I'd love to try your CSSs.  I found epubzengarden.com which has some potentially useable style sheets.  

[Ken Anderson]

@page {
margin : 0.5em;
}
tbody, thead, tfoot, tr, td, th {
border-style : inherit;
border-width : inherit;
border-color : inherit;
}
.leftFloat {
float : left;
}
.rightFloat {
float : right;
}
span.italic {
font-weight : normal;
font-style : italic;
}
span.bold {
font-weight : bold;
font-style : normal;
}
span.bold_italic {
font-weight : bold;
font-style : italic;
}
p.author {
font-family : Verdana, sans-serif;
font-weight : normal;
font-style : normal;
font-size : 1.5em;
line-height : 1.2;
text-align : center;
text-indent : 0px;
margin : 57px 0px 136px 0px;
}
p.bullet {
font-family : Verdana, sans-serif;
font-weight : normal;
font-style : normal;
font-size : 1em;
line-height : 1.2;
text-align : justify;
margin-right : 0px;
margin-top : 0px;
margin-bottom : 5px;
}
p.caption {
font-family : Verdana, sans-serif;
font-weight : normal;
font-style : italic;
font-size : 0.83em;
line-height : 1.5;
text-align : center;
text-indent : 0px;
margin : 3px 0px 6px 0px;
}
p.chapter_intro_italic {
font-family : Verdana, sans-serif;
font-weight : normal;
font-style : italic;
font-size : 1em;
line-height : 1.2;
text-align : justify;
text-indent : 0px;
margin : 0px 0px 14px 0px;
}
p.copyright_centre {
font-family : Verdana, sans-serif;
font-weight : normal;
font-style : normal;
font-size : 1em;
line-height : 2;
text-align : center;
text-indent : 0px;
margin : 0px;
}
p.copyright_normal {
font-family : Verdana, sans-serif;
font-weight : normal;
font-style : normal;
font-size : 1em;
line-height : 1.2;
text-align : justify;
text-indent : 0px;
margin : 0px 0px 9px 0px;
}
p.copyright_header {
font-family : Verdana, sans-serif;
font-weight : bold;
font-style : normal;
font-size : 1.17em;
line-height : 1.2;
text-align : center;
text-indent : 0px;
margin : 0px 0px 34px 0px;
}
p.image {
font-family : Verdana, sans-serif;
font-weight : normal;
font-style : normal;
font-size : 1.5em;
line-height : 1.2;
text-align : center;
text-indent : 0px;
margin : 0px;
}
p.normal_italic_centre {
font-family : Verdana, sans-serif;
font-weight : normal;
font-style : italic;
font-size : 1em;
line-height : 1.2;
text-align : center;
text-indent : 0px;
margin : 9px 0px;
}
h3.subhead1 {
font-family : Verdana, sans-serif;
font-weight : bold;
font-style : italic;
font-size : 1em;
line-height : 1.2;
text-align : left;
text-indent : 0px;
margin : 3px 0px;
}
h3.subhead1 {
font-family : Verdana, sans-serif;
font-weight : bold;
font-style : italic;
font-size : 1em;
line-height : 1.2;
text-align : left;
text-indent : 0px;
margin : 3px 0px;
}
h3.strategy {
font-family : Verdana, sans-serif;
font-weight : normal;
font-style : normal;
font-size : 0.92em;
line-height : 1.2;
text-align : left;
text-indent : 0px;
margin : 0px 0px 6px 0px;
}
h3.subhead1 {
font-family : Verdana, sans-serif;
font-weight : bold;
font-style : italic;
font-size : 1em;
line-height : 1.2;
text-align : left;
text-indent : 0px;
margin : 3px 0px;
}
h4.subhead2 {
font-family : Verdana, sans-serif;
font-weight : normal;
font-style : italic;
font-size : 1em;
line-height : 1.2;
text-align : left;
text-indent : 0px;
margin : 3px 0px 6px 0px;
}
h1.title {
font-family : Verdana, sans-serif;
font-weight : bold;
font-style : normal;
font-size : 1.5em;
line-height : 1.2;
text-align : center;
text-indent : 0px;
margin : 0px 0px 85px 0px;
}
div.Basic-Text-Frame {
}