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As somebody who deals with converting documents a lot on a professional level I say: LaTeX is a dead end. It's a horrible format to convert LaTeX to something e
by therealmarv 6y ago
As somebody who deals with converting documents a lot on a professional level I say: LaTeX is a dead end. It's a horrible format to convert LaTeX to something else except PDF/Print/Images (where it is near perfect of course). You cannot even interchange documents between Word and LaTeX in an easy automated round trip way AFAIK.
Btw. I linked before a link to usable Markdown variations for academic papers which use LaTeX as a mix in only when necessary.
- layer8 6y ago> You cannot even interchange documents between Word and LaTeX in an easy automated round trip way AFAIK. Word is a horrible format too, which explains why conversion is problematic in both directions.
- gnramires 6y agoLaTeX should indeed get a little more authoritative IMO. A good start (that comes to mind) would be a convention for "body text" allowing a parser to convert a document between formats, or building a good 'standard library' of common plugins. Its heavy use of macros and non-standard plugins definitely seems like a big problem for conversion, comprehension and even conserving documents. I do find it wonderful for what it is.