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>You seem to be using it in the terminal. Why?! Not OP, but having similar problems as OP. One of the reasons I use(d) it in the terminal is because I use make

>You seem to be using it in the terminal. Why?! Not OP, but having similar problems as OP. One of the reasons I use(d) it in the terminal is because I use make which also generates figures for me. I also don't like having to learn X different GUIs for Y different programming languages and prefer using vim and make if possible.

yesenadam 5y ago
This is my reply also to aborsy: I also don't use a different IDE for every programming language, just VSC or Sublime Text for them all. I guess I think of (La)TeX as a tool for writing books/papers, not just another programming language. TexShop (and I guess the other GUIs) is not like vim or emacs, with a million key commands to learn. Most of the non-standard key commands I use are ones I defined myself, like e.g. Command-I to make selected word/s italic. Anyway, refusing to use (La)TeX the easy way, then complaining about how hard it is to use, seems hardly (La)TeX's fault. We have this incredible publishing technology..and you refuse to use it?! CorrectHorseBat: "I use make which also generates figures for me" - I'm curious how that works! Sounds very interesting.
- CorrectHorseBat 5y ago
  >Anyway, refusing to use (La)TeX the easy way, then complaining about how hard it is to use, seems hardly (La)TeX's fault. Not generating clear error messages, or apparently requiring a gui as the easy way is definitely Latex's (and the tooling around it) fault in my eyes. Latex files are text, just give me a decent compiler and let me use my own editor. If that is too hard there's something wrong. Also to me all the syntax is unnecessary cryptic, working with "variables" is a pain, nice modulatisarion is non-existent and probably a few more things I forgot. >I'm curious how that works! Sounds very interesting. Nothing really fancy. I have python scripts that generates figures which are included in my pdf. I use make to stitch everything together.

yesenadam 5y ago

This is my reply also to aborsy: I also don't use a different IDE for every programming language, just VSC or Sublime Text for them all. I guess I think of (La)TeX as a tool for writing books/papers, not just another programming language. TexShop (and I guess the other GUIs) is not like vim or emacs, with a million key commands to learn. Most of the non-standard key commands I use are ones I defined myself, like e.g. Command-I to make selected word/s italic. Anyway, refusing to use (La)TeX the easy way, then complaining about how hard it is to use, seems hardly (La)TeX's fault. We have this incredible publishing technology..and you refuse to use it?! CorrectHorseBat: "I use make which also generates figures for me" - I'm curious how that works! Sounds very interesting.

CorrectHorseBat 5y ago
>Anyway, refusing to use (La)TeX the easy way, then complaining about how hard it is to use, seems hardly (La)TeX's fault. Not generating clear error messages, or apparently requiring a gui as the easy way is definitely Latex's (and the tooling around it) fault in my eyes. Latex files are text, just give me a decent compiler and let me use my own editor. If that is too hard there's something wrong. Also to me all the syntax is unnecessary cryptic, working with "variables" is a pain, nice modulatisarion is non-existent and probably a few more things I forgot. >I'm curious how that works! Sounds very interesting. Nothing really fancy. I have python scripts that generates figures which are included in my pdf. I use make to stitch everything together.