Comment Get a Mac, and buy TeXtures (Score 1) 918
TeX/LaTeX have been used for scientific journal articles for over 20 years. It's going to be difficult to replace something that has proven itself to be reliable for that length of time.
Please remember that your "structured document processor" needs to be supported by the journal you're going to submit to.
And also remember that journals already know what their layout requirements are, and already provide the necessary header files, so unless you're a journal publisher yourself I have to question why you need to create your own document class.
I've personally used TeX/LaTeX for 20 years. The absolute best implementation I've ever seen is TeXtures by Blue Sky Research. I started using TeXtures (v0.91) back in 1988. Unfortunately, it's only available on the Mac. However, if your job is to produce high-quality scientific publications then buying a Mac for TeXtures is probably the best use of your time and money. It really is that good.
The user interface is very Mac-like (always has been), and you can see the typeset results immediately as it dynamically updates your typeset document as you type.
Please remember that your "structured document processor" needs to be supported by the journal you're going to submit to.
And also remember that journals already know what their layout requirements are, and already provide the necessary header files, so unless you're a journal publisher yourself I have to question why you need to create your own document class.
I've personally used TeX/LaTeX for 20 years. The absolute best implementation I've ever seen is TeXtures by Blue Sky Research. I started using TeXtures (v0.91) back in 1988. Unfortunately, it's only available on the Mac. However, if your job is to produce high-quality scientific publications then buying a Mac for TeXtures is probably the best use of your time and money. It really is that good.
The user interface is very Mac-like (always has been), and you can see the typeset results immediately as it dynamically updates your typeset document as you type.
