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Clearly written by someone who has never submitted an academic paper for publication. Latex (despite its many issues) does sevealthings well: (1) bibliographic
by fastaguy88 2y ago
Clearly written by someone who has never submitted an academic paper for publication. Latex (despite its many issues) does sevealthings well:
(1) bibliographic references in many formats (2) internal references to figures and tables (3) figure placement (4) mathematical equations and special characters. Plus, many journals provide latex templates that correctly format your paper. I recently tried to move from Latex to Word because my co-authors preferred word, but getting the biographical references correct was a lot more pointless work. Almost all the arguments about layout the author make are irrelevant if you cite references and need to resubmit to a second (or third) journal.
- NBJack 2y agoPreach it. I remember trying to a avoid LaTeX to submit for a journal. Microsoft Word was powerful enough, right? And how hard could it be? It was agonizing, painful, and downright schooled me on just how imprecise the popular editor could be. Weird flow issues, difficulty getting the spacing right, crappy support for certain kinds of figures, and knowing my submission could be rejected simply because it wasn't conformant to the journal's standards. I never did it again. LaTeX sucks, and the reasons behind necessitating it probably suck too, but as it stands within the world of research? It is an unavoidable reality for many.