Is Sphinx better than LaTex in writing manuals/books?

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Published on 2009-04-07T13:49:03Z Indexed on 2010/03/12 8:07 UTC
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Only a few people recommended to use Sphinx at the beginning of the year.

Sphinx has developed rather fast recently. I noted today that Sage has made a change from direct editing with LaTex to Sphinx. This is evident in William Stein's answer on 2nd April about Sage's tutorial

The tutorial is not a latex document anymore. It's an entirely different Sphinx document that can output pdf.

It suggests me that Sphinx may be at a level such that it is suitable for me.

Is Sphinx better than LaTex in writing manuals/books?

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