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If the argument that people who use Word that don't really know how to use it can end up using it inefficient ways, then doesn't it even more apply to Latex. I
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 6y ago
If the argument that people who use Word that don't really know how to use it can end up using it inefficient ways, then doesn't it even more apply to Latex. I could probably come up with an anecdote about someone who tried to use Latex but spent hours trying to figure out how to get the format they wanted and got frustrating trying to debug their scripts.
If we want to compare tools, we should not compare expert users of one tool with novices of another tool.
- jcrawfordor 6y agoIs there a single serious LaTeX user that doesn't have a story of losing hours of time because they didn't understand some of the internals well enough? I've probably lost days before.
- abhinav22 6y agoHonestly I never lost anything in latex.
- 314 6y agoIf you have never run into problems with macros expanding in the wrong sort of environment then you have probably not used it very extensively. If you have run into the problem of switching commands because of their fragile-ness then is it true that you never lost any time debugging?
- abhinav22 6y agoAh I never used the macros, just the standard commands and using pre styled layouts. That would explain it :-) But I guess it’s not easy to save work in latex when in macro mode?