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I took notes in LaTeX in my college. I didn't need macros or the fancy editor setup. It's not hard. It turned passive learning into active. I didn't have a few

by blagie 3y ago

I took notes in LaTeX in my college. I didn't need macros or the fancy editor setup. It's not hard. It turned passive learning into active. I didn't have a few of the formatting nuances as pretty as he did (e.g. boxes around theorems), but that's not hard. The key difference between him and me are the figures. It's worth looking at his notes here: https://castel.dev/notes https://castel.dev/notes The figures are beautiful. How?!?!?!? (Footnote due to recent bad experiences to pre-empt stupid answers: "Inkscape" is not an answer. I use Inkscape, and I know how long these things would take me. It's definitely not something I could do anywhere close to real-time. I want to know what conceivable workflow in Inkscape would allow those sorts of figures in even a significant fraction of lecture speed, let alone real-time)

ilayn 3y ago
TikZ and pgfplots
oa335 3y ago
I’m also wondering about how they made the figures, to be that is the most interesting and important bit.
bilegeek 3y ago
>I want to know what conceivable workflow in Inkscape would allow those sorts of figures in even a significant fraction of lecture speed, let alone real-time https://github.com/gillescastel/inkscape-shortcut-manager https://github.com/gillescastel/inkscape-shortcut-manager https://castel.dev/post/lecture-notes-2/ https://castel.dev/post/lecture-notes-2/ I've also done LaTeX for notes (in EMACS), but was never happy with how things looked when doing everything quick. The sheer genius of the setup he made is eye-opening.
ykonstant 3y ago
Using TikZ and UltiSnips in vim, you can create figures very quickly; the following took me 2-3 minutes to make (I had the datafile beforehand): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eLe0LdKqPyPdmXel_3DwP9AZcIQ19wF1/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eLe0LdKqPyPdmXel_3DwP9AZcIQ... I don't know about real-time, though; I'd never try to draw figures in real time.
- reuben364 3y ago
  I didn't expect Lean 4 in this context.
  - ykonstant 3y ago
    I use it a lot for all kinds of programming, including generating, formatting and processing data for various datasets; it is very convenient if you know how to make it work fast (it is not always easy).
Xerox9213 3y ago
https://castel.dev/post/lecture-notes-2/ https://castel.dev/post/lecture-notes-2/ It’s not just Inkscape, it’s well configured Inkscape.
- c2xlZXB5Cg1 3y ago
  Starting inkscape inline from the editor is such a small and simple detail but does so much for staying focused on the main activity of writing.
NBJack 3y ago
OneNote with a pressure sensitive stylus?
guyomes 3y ago
I found that ipe [1] is a nice alternative to inkscape. It has less features than inkscape, however the latex integration is better for math formula. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipe_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipe_(software)

by blagie 3y ago

ilayn 3y ago

TikZ and pgfplots

oa335 3y ago

I’m also wondering about how they made the figures, to be that is the most interesting and important bit.

bilegeek 3y ago

>I want to know what conceivable workflow in Inkscape would allow those sorts of figures in even a significant fraction of lecture speed, let alone real-time https://github.com/gillescastel/inkscape-shortcut-manager https://github.com/gillescastel/inkscape-shortcut-manager https://castel.dev/post/lecture-notes-2/ https://castel.dev/post/lecture-notes-2/ I've also done LaTeX for notes (in EMACS), but was never happy with how things looked when doing everything quick. The sheer genius of the setup he made is eye-opening.

ykonstant 3y ago

Using TikZ and UltiSnips in vim, you can create figures very quickly; the following took me 2-3 minutes to make (I had the datafile beforehand): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eLe0LdKqPyPdmXel_3DwP9AZcIQ19wF1/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eLe0LdKqPyPdmXel_3DwP9AZcIQ... I don't know about real-time, though; I'd never try to draw figures in real time.

reuben364 3y ago
I didn't expect Lean 4 in this context.
- ykonstant 3y ago
  I use it a lot for all kinds of programming, including generating, formatting and processing data for various datasets; it is very convenient if you know how to make it work fast (it is not always easy).

Xerox9213 3y ago

https://castel.dev/post/lecture-notes-2/ https://castel.dev/post/lecture-notes-2/ It’s not just Inkscape, it’s well configured Inkscape.

c2xlZXB5Cg1 3y ago
Starting inkscape inline from the editor is such a small and simple detail but does so much for staying focused on the main activity of writing.

NBJack 3y ago

OneNote with a pressure sensitive stylus?

guyomes 3y ago

I found that ipe [1] is a nice alternative to inkscape. It has less features than inkscape, however the latex integration is better for math formula. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipe_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipe_(software)