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Tealk

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Hi

I wanted to ask if any of you have ever worked with latex?
Current carpenter I my pen and paper rulebook with it.
 
Actually, it's just a general interest to see if that's used.

Currently I use this for my pen and paper rulebook, only tables are not really nice to implement.
 
To structure texts, similar to Word only in one script language.
Therefore you can export it to all possible formats.

Here's an example:
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I've actually gotten into LaTex recently and I quite like it. While my documents are just the default, plain ones, I certainly enjoyed learning and working with it. I find it much better to use for essays and project-related documents instead of LibreOffice Writer. Yeah sure, I may have to go into a command-line, type out all of the markup-commands, compile it, but that doesn't bother me as the terminal is literally my house anyway. It may also be a bit slower to work with too, as again, you need to compile the document and all that, but either way, the end result is worth it.

Sometimes, it can be a bit of a nightmare to compile the document, but I usually just restart it if I can't seem to fix my issue. Then there's no issues after I restart work on the document for some reason.

I suggest if you haven't, that you learn LaTex, especially if you intend on working in a science-related field - Computer-Science included. LaTex can truly output some well, neatly formatted documents ripe for reading through.
 
What program do you use for this? I have tested a few and find TeXstudio is the best.
You can have a look at it.

When you get used to it it goes just as fast as word and co
I use either GNU Nano or EMACS. I do recall using TexStudio at one point but I couldn't seem to get it working. Perhaps I wasn't getting something right when setting it up. Now that you've reminded me about it, I may actually give it another shot seeing as I've actually learned a bit of LaTex now.

I'm still doing my best to settle into LaTex at the moment, because of course as with everyone else on Earth, I'm more used to Word/LibreOffice Writer.
 
it is of course not necessary to use such a program, but it also shows you errors, so you would not have to start from scratch but could only take care of them.

I find latex offers a much better surface than Word/LibreOffice Writer and co. Especially if you create similar documents often, they all look identical and that makes a very professional impression.
 
Tealk said:
it is of course not necessary to use such a program, but it also shows you errors, so you would not have to start from scratch but could only take care of them
Now, I definitely need it. As I said, I do experience quite a lot of errors once I've done a lot of work on a document, only to then start from scratch because I cannot fix any of my issues. But as I said, the end result is always worth it, even after a lot of torture trying to resolve a very small issue that prevents the document from being compiled.
 

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