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I’m going to have to disagree with you there. The compile times are long, the error messages are worse than useless, and tikz diagrams are almost always unreada
by catgary 1y ago
I’m going to have to disagree with you there. The compile times are long, the error messages are worse than useless, and tikz diagrams are almost always unreadable messes.
Large swathes of mathematics, computer science, and physics involve notations and diagrams that are genuinely hard to typeset, and incredibly repetitive and hard to read if you don’t make heavy use of the macro system. Integrating some actual programming features could be a game changer.
- nextos 1y ago> Integrating some actual programming features could be a game changer. LuaTeX already lets you embed Lua code and it is really good. However, I do agree some usability improvements are needed.
- catgary 1y agoHave you ever looked at a category theory or differential geometry paper? It just doesn’t feel like you appreciate what people are up against. Look at this thing: https://images.app.goo.gl/4WHN9Pqupxkk8Z3j7 https://images.app.goo.gl/4WHN9Pqupxkk8Z3j7 And that’s before you get into stuff like categories of spans, etc.