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I am not sure how it is related to 2015. I actually prefer a ps file that I can render to a PDF easily instead a Javascript heavy messy website where everything
by istvan__ 11y ago
I am not sure how it is related to 2015. I actually prefer a ps file that I can render to a PDF easily instead a Javascript heavy messy website where everything is distracting you from the content. On the top of that Knuth invented Tex to be able to write scientific documentations with ease[1].
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeX
- runn1ng 11y agoI vastly prefer HTML with searchable text, easy copy-pasting capability, easy indexability, etc. to PDF with its outdated printed-page metaphor. On the other hand, it's Knuth and TAOCP, so I can't really complain much.
- justwannasing 11y agoBetter for you. Not better if you're writing and publishing a book.
- runn1ng 11y agoThat's a good point. Books.... that's what our forefathers used in the distant past, right.
- jimhefferon 11y agoHTML (that is, widely-available browsers) can't be trusted to break equations well.