>You must write *ALL* of your assignments in LaTeX, submitting a PDF along with the TeX source
>>53933048
why?
just why?
>>53933048
What's wrong with TeX though?
Would've loved to write my bachelors thesis in TeX but couldn't get the required format quite right and was pressed for time.
Better than fucking Word tbqh
>tfw I submit homework written in LaTeX and the professor writes a comment about how beautiful it is
>>53933145
>tfw I submit homework written in Word with Computer Modern as the font and the professor writes a comment about how I'm the only one who bothers to use LaTeX and thanks me for my effort
>>53933107
>couldn't get the required format quite right and was pressed for time.
There you go, it's a shitty timesink program.
>>53933400
>program
when did /g/ get invaded by consumerist retards
>>53933208
cheeky
>>53933441
Like five years ago fampai
>>53933145
>Spend like 2 hours drawing fancy diagrams with tikz
>Lecturer comments on how nice it looks
>>53933400
>anything that is too complicated for my stupid brain is a timesink
I am so sick of /v/tard/Wintard morons shitting up this board. Why did it have to come to this?
>tfw been using latex since high school
I had a teacher who recommended it to me.
>>53933208
I do this too.
>>53933601
>have to get work done on schedule
>spend time and energy fighting the software to get layout and formatting correct instead of actually doing the fucking work
>I'm mentally challenged to learn basic formatting and use a search engine.
Yeah keep writing your white privilege and reparations essays in Word you liberal arts faggot.
I used to do my circuits homework in latex freshman year, circuit diagrams and all.
>>53934153
How do you create circuit diagrams in LaTeX?
also
>American style resistors
shiggy
>>53934153
>using latex to do homework
>in your freshman year
Why oh why would you do this?
>>53934187
not that anon, but try entering a formula in Word
>>53934182
CircuiTikz
It has options for american vs european style components if you swing that way.
>>53934187
Because I wanted to learn LaTeX and it was a good opportunity to do so.
>>53934187
Just use LyX, it's pretty comfy.
>>53934187
Better learn to use a tool that you will probably use for your whore career if it's on the STEM field.
>>53933208
You clever pepe.
>>53934213
It's easy enough. I have to do it sometimes in write ups.
I'm a mathematician so most of what I do is tests done by hand. At my uni, we don't get given homework.
Seems a little absurd at third level to be given homework (and to do it in fucking latex). But maybe that's just within my field.
>>53933058
If there's any math involved, the professor certainly doesn't want to read ugly equations done in Word
Either way, not knowing LaTeX while studying anything technical is pretty silly.
>>53934153
It's beautiful.
>>53933048
I'm a physics grad student so I'm used to that since forever. Once you know your shit, it's fucking great. Admittedly though, if you want it to look fancy it can be quite a time sink. Then again, you put a header together and most of the work is done.
Scrivener > LaTeX > Word
>>53933721
Kinda wish I had found out about it then.
>>53933208
>smart frogposter
is this real life
>>53933048
good thing I've been writing shit in LaTeX for like 2.5 years now.
I've gotten really good at it & my profs tell me that they are "impressed with the quality of my work"
>>53935899
Also I can't believe idiots on /g/ tell you to learn scheme and read SICP but they call latex a waste of time
kek
>>53933789
Sounds like you're trying to do it in Word. Talk about fighting the software to get the formatting you want
>>53933048
Learn the fucking syntax faggot
>>53936122
It really is not hard at all to create a word-quality document in latex
For a bunch of pseudo-programmers/developers you guys sure hate learning new syntax
What's the big deal with computer modern, anyway?
>>53936324
It looks good and its use is historically a sign of a high quality document
>>53936137
>learning
Neets are allergic to this, it might accidentally be productive
>>53936324
>>53936394
it's a shit font
Is this really a big deal?
I mean giving people the tex files is a bit weird, but if they want you to use it, then I guess it makes sense.
I have encountered some people couldn't figure out how to get a spellchecker in a text editor, but if you have a decent setup, you can write a paper just as fast if not faster in latex.
Sure tikz might be a timesink if you are pressed for time, but you can just generate the graphics in inkscape or something if you want the vector graphics or graphs can be plotted in R or matlab or whatever you use to process the data.
>>53935137
>Scrivener
>not open source
kill yourself
