> I hear you invoke the mighty LaTeX... but can you write correct LaTeX on-the-fly? Actually, I used to do exactly this when I was studying physics. I'd use a

> I hear you invoke the mighty LaTeX... but can you write correct LaTeX on-the-fly? Actually, I used to do exactly this when I was studying physics. I'd use a pencil and paper to copy down figures, but copied down derivations and text notes in LaTeX. I slowly built a pile of macros for things I commonly did. I ended up being way faster with that than with just a pencil and paper, especially when we were working on derivations (copy & paste makes equation reuse super easy). I'd pretty up the document after class and add in the figures. The process of doing that seemed to really solidify the stuff in my memory more than the actual transcription did.