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When I saw this headline, I feel really sorry for those millions of non-programmer users. Having used LaTeX for more 10 yrs, I have to say this is one of the wo
by deehouie 7y ago
When I saw this headline, I feel really sorry for those millions of non-programmer users. Having used LaTeX for more 10 yrs, I have to say this is one of the worst software in existent. The whole thing is really just a programming language with so many bugs so many broken packages so many idiosyncractic "features" that no one knows why they are the way they are.
Sadly, I still use it because there's no alternative.
- zzleeper 7y agoI'm really surprised not enough people are making this point. So bug prone, so many fragile packages, so many weird incantations that must be done if you ever want any flexibility... it absolutely sucks, but then I use it again and again.
- garmaine 7y agoPDF document typesetting is the poster child of unsexy software to work on. Everybody wants a replacement but nobody wants to write one.
- bobbiechen 7y ago>Could you use a standard word processor to approximate LaTeX, while obtaining an arguably better experience? Introducing the WordTeX template [for Microsoft Word] . From the SIGBOVIK 2018 presentation, "WordTeX - a WYSIPCTWOTCG Typesetting Tool" : https://youtu.be/jlX_pThh7z8 https://youtu.be/jlX_pThh7z8