Ricardo Berlasso

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RGB-es, aka the Tolkian Penguin

On the web I'm known as RGB, RGB-es or el pingüino tolkiano (the Tolkian Penguin). I write, mostly in Spanish but also in English and Italian, about free software, text processing and typography.

I'm the author of a CC licensed book that explains how to use LibreOffice Writer (and talks a bit about Math, Draw and Chart). Originally written in Spanish as Domando al escritor (Taming the Writer), there is an old Italian translation, and a shiny English edition: To Tame a Writer.

I'm also the author of a book about LyX, LaTeX, XeTeX and OpenType. The original Spanish edition is LyX, la otra forma de escribir, but it has been translated into English as LyX, The Other Way of Writing.

Meanwhile I keep writing in my blogs, mainly about free software but also about science, education, photography... whatever I can think of.

Authored Comments

Even if you need to edit your code LyX is great: it provides you with the necessary tools, both to modify your Preamble and to add code to the document. I have a really complex document with a 100 lines preamble + 70 lines defining character styles (using XeTeX and a lot of OpenType tricks) + lots of code on the document, and everything run smoothly. LyX is great on every aspect :)