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>LaTeX syntax >LaTeX in general Sure, the end result looks
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>LaTeX syntax
>LaTeX in general

Sure, the end result looks good (hint: turning kerning and automatic ligatures in Word on gets you 90% of the way there) but using LaTeX is fucking horrible.
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pandoc markdown is love, pandoc markdown is life.
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there is a learning curve, yes. but not impossible to traverse.
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>>51952087
cute doggy
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>>51952087
>using latex is fucking horrible
I love latex and I don't to use it because I'm a fucking music student.
Just makes my life easier.
Seriously, if you find Latex to be a pain in ass, perhaps you should drop your CS studies.
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How is Latex any more difficult to use than HTML?
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>>51952281
it is not, but all this code, man...
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>>51952244
>I don't need or forced to use it
My fucking fault.
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>>51952300
Well don't use it for everything. I use plain .txt for most of my documents because of the absurd file sizes of other formats. If I want to do something fancy though, I switch over to Latex.
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>>51952087
things nicer and easier and easier to use than latex:
html
php
lisp/elisp
erlang
haskell
APL
brainfuck
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>>51952087
>say i can use latex
>in reality i've just used one document template i got from a mate over and over again
>pretty much just know how to write equations and insert figures/references/shit like that
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>>51952244
>being a music student
have fun with unemployment
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real men use troff. mom macros are god-like.
asciidoc for real quick notes.

fight me.
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