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Maybe it's because I did way more plain TeX than LaTeX, but just what is it that everyone finds so difficult about LaTeX? Is LaTeX itself that much more diffic
by gerbilly 7y ago
Maybe it's because I did way more plain TeX than LaTeX, but just what is it that everyone finds so difficult about LaTeX?
Is LaTeX itself that much more difficult than plain TeX?
If so then why not just use TeX, the TeXBook is really easy to follow and gives clear examples.
The equations are formatted exactly the same way in both.¹
1: Unless you choose to use some package like amsmath, but why ?)
- wongarsu 7y agoI think writing text and equations in LaTex is very simple. It's not WYSIWYG, but fairly straighforward. Even complex equations are fairly easy to formulate and look great. However as soon as you want to change how something is presented you might be in for a world of pain.
- gerbilly 7y ago> However as soon as you want to change how something is presented you might be in for a world of pain. So yeah, don't use LaTeX then use TeX, where you can change things easily because it's not as complicated.