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If that is all you need and expect from a replacement for LaTeX, why aren't you just using LibreOffice?
by Crito 13y ago
If that is all you need and expect from a replacement for LaTeX, why aren't you just using LibreOffice?
- tinco 13y agoIt's not, I need the human readable source part, so I can track my work and cooperate in git :) I use LibreOffice for some stuff though.
- Crito 13y agoAren't modern word processor formats just zipped-up XML files? I suspect it should be a straight-forward matter to get at least LibreOffice and version control cooperating.
- TylerE 13y agoYou are technically correct, but not usefully so. The XML is pretty hairy. A VCS that handles XML semantically (e.g. tag-pair oriented, rather than line-oriented) might have some shot....but, basically, merges are more or less not going to work so it's not really version control, just backups.
- davidgerard 13y agoVersioning of OpenOffice/LibreOffice documents using git: http://blog.riemann.cc/2013/04/23/versioning-of-openoffice-libreoffice-documents-using-git/ http://blog.riemann.cc/2013/04/23/versioning-of-openoffice-l...
- blueblob 13y agoThat is really cool, thanks for that.
- PeterisP 13y agoIf we're talking about LaTeX, Word, Markdown and LibreOffice - well, then LibreOffice is a contender for the worst usability, it's superficially similar to a mature product but it's a case of "the remaining 10% of goodness will take more work than the first 90%".
- Crito 13y agoUsability depends on who is using it. I refuse to use LibreOffice because it is so bad, but I would sooner recommend LibreOffice to my father than LaTeX or Markdown.