[pjmlp]

The real answer are products like FrameMaker and Oxygen XML.

[_emacsomancer_]

Those look horrifying.

[pjmlp]

Only for those doing documents as if we didn't progress.

I was using LaTeX for university reports 20+ years ago.

[_emacsomancer_]

Yes, being locked into to some rigid, fragile proprietary system is such great progress.

There's a reason that LaTeX was used 20+ years and is still the gold standard: the other options really suck.

[pjmlp]

DITA and Dockbook are not a fragile proprietary system, quite on the contrary.

There is a reason LaTeX is barely used out of academia.

[_emacsomancer_]

> There is a reason LaTeX is barely used out of academia.

That's simply untrue. Look at any serious programming books. And LaTeX is used as the back-end for quite a number of text-processing tools.

[pjmlp]

Those written by academics, published by academic related editors, in old style layouts, black and white.

Professional publishing has long ago switched to DTP tooling, able to handle layouts and colouring in modern presses.

[_emacsomancer_]

So DITA and Dockbook are other names for FrameMaker and Oxygen XML? No, of course they're not. I don't know why you continue to switch the topic.

[pjmlp]

They are industry standards for document interchange of books and technical documentation, handled by PageMaker and Oxygen XML, among many others supported by them.