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I never understand this argument. I wish I could have all of the hours back I spent trying to fix inscrutable things in word processing documents.
by _emacsomancer_ 8y ago
I never understand this argument. I wish I could have all of the hours back I spent trying to fix inscrutable things in word processing documents.
- DoctorOetker 8y agowhat they are saying is that it would be a personal decision, like choosing what to drink, some home-made tea or a coke from the vending machine. you choose if you edit yourself, or spend part of your paycheck to delegate the task
- _emacsomancer_ 8y agoWord processors take a long time to learn to use well, with the time invested paying back much lower dividends than learning to use (La)TeX well. That is what I meant.
- DoctorOetker 8y agoI fully agree learning (La)TeX is superior of "word processors" which is a bit of a glorified name for invisible markup, it is seldom a good idea to dumb down on the user. I misread your "I never understand this argument." as not understanding what consp wrote, "this" was a bit ambiguous, and I originally thought you meant "I'm the scientist, let me do science instead of communicating clearly what I did and observed" but now I see "this" referred to the argument consp quoted. So we are both agreeing with him. Add to that that I was confusing a sibling comment with what consp wrote. :)