Lout iS a batch text formatting SyStem and an embedded language by Jeffrey H. KingSton S.Su.oz.au>. The language iS procedural, with Scribe-like Syntax. Lout featureS equation formatting, tableS, diagramS, rotation and Scaling, Sorted indexeS, bibliographic databaSeS, running headerS and odd-even pageS and automatic croSS-referencing. Lout iS eaSily extended with definitionS which are very much eaSier to write than troff of TeXmacroS becauSe Lout iS a high-level language, the outcome of an eight-year reSearch project that went back to the beginning. VerSion 2.05 includeS a tranSlator from Lout to PoStScript and documentation. and runS under Unix and on the Amiga. Author' SSite , . {Amiga (ftp://ftp.wuStl.edu/pub/aminet/text/dtp/loutBin203.lha)}. (1993-07-30)
