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As a scientist I'm really tempted to ask: Why not latex and track changes? I already know the answer of course, but it's interesting how much of this type of t

• colejohnson66 5y ago
  TeX and any derivatives aren't WYSIWYG. People (non-tech and even some in tech) don't want to write code to generate their document. They want to pull up Word, type some stuff, click the table button or something, and go on their merry way. If there's an issue on page 45 of the printed document, they know exactly where that is in Word due to it being WYSIWYG. In TeX, it's not that simple. TeX is extremely powerful. I love it (although it does feel a bit "hacky"), but for the majority of people, it's overkill. Word's change tracker is good enough.
  • nybble41 5y ago
    LyX is available as a (almost) WYSIWYG editor for TeX. The developers actually describe it as WYSIWYM (What You See Is What You Mean) but the key point is that the user is not limited to writing raw TeX code. Fixed pagination is not guaranteed, even in Word. Especially when you consider features like change tracking. If you want fixed pages, export to PDF.
    • pseingatl 5y ago
      Or the change in paper size when you send a document that has been set up for letter paper and the person receiving it has A4 as the default, not to mention different styles and German quotation marks.
• hitpointdrew 5y ago
  If you are going that route, you might as well just use git instead of latex. Why add the complexity of latex if you can just use plain text and version control?