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I'm a relatively big fan of TeX but in my whole life only once have I met a co-worker who also used it. Yes, in theory is great for collaborating, but it pract
by lottin 10y ago
I'm a relatively big fan of TeX but in my whole life only once have I met a co-worker who also used it. Yes, in theory is great for collaborating, but it practice it's not because nobody would know what to do with a TeX file if you sent it to them.
- ktRolster 10y agoput it in a directory with a Makefile, that usually solves a lot of the problem of "knowing what to do with it."
- taeric 10y agoFor me it is less about it being better at collaboration, and more that the popular alternatives are so bloody awful. It is frustrating, because the popular choices all make better demos. But recovery is often so painful that you start living in fear of formatting mistakes.