Comment on I still haven't figured out how to do this

• mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I wrote my entire undergrad project in it first time so yeah.

  source
• Jankatarch@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  For the time period it came out, I am very impressed a program can position everything without bugs.

  Like you would expect it to surely miscalculate whatever layout magic is going on when writing math fornulas.

  source
• undu@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  There’s a relatively new latex replacement, which is much easier to use, although its ecosystem is not as complete (obviously)

  typst.app

  (The CLI tools are OpenSource and independent from the GUI thing they sell)

  source
• A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Yes?

  I use it all the time.

  Seems a skill issue on your behalf honestly, I gave no idea how could possibly take that long.

  source

  • Rooster326@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    It takes 3 hours because it’s only available as a torrent shared at 56 kbps, then you have to stand up vs code. Then figure out how to setup a compiler, get a bunch of different plugs, then learn the magic commands to compile a document.

    It seemed very not user friendly.

    I work in IT and I had so much trouble.

    How people think my Grandma is going to swap from Word to this is beyond me. She can’t even figure Word out.

    source

    • A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Or you can not do that.

      In Linux install a LaTeX editor like texstudio + texlive full.

      On windows texstudio + miktex i think it was called.

      Then is just about learning the syntax and getting accustomed to using it, maybe write some macros, overall no more than an hour setting it up, and using it a couple of days to getting used to it so you write fast.

      You comically overcomplicated yourself lol.

      source
• jol@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Yeah, I wrote my thesis in it. As a programmer it made total sense to me.

  source
• quips@slrpnk.net ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Its quite professional looking but good god smite my ass if I ever have to use it again

  source