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If we're trying to get people to "upgrade", why not steer them to LaTeX? Yes, it is harder to use than markdown, and it is mostly geared toward academia, but L
by disconnected 9y ago
If we're trying to get people to "upgrade", why not steer them to LaTeX?
Yes, it is harder to use than markdown, and it is mostly geared toward academia, but LaTeX is also orders of magnitude more powerful.
- copperx 9y agoLaTeX and TeX excel when the final form of a manuscript is to be printed or be delivered as a PDF. It's possible, but not easy, to convert LaTeX to HTML, doc, or other formats. It's even harder, bordering on impossible, to convert other formats to LaTeX with high fidelity. I believe AsciiDoc is a happy medium between Markdown and LaTeX. AsciiDoc is as powerful as DocBook, and as easy to write as Markdown.
- colejohnson66 9y agoAnd can read files from 20+ years ago without having the formatting messed up
- SAI_Peregrinus 9y agoLyX is an excellent GUI editor for LaTeX. Saves you from having to bother with the document preamble, and by keeping the source view pane open you can still learn the underlying LaTeX. And on the rare occasions when something can't be done through the GUI there's still the ability to add code manually.