Re:Handful of Biologists Went Rogue and Published Directly t...
by anigbrowl on Monday March 28, 2016 @07:11PM
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Becoming more proficient with TeX saves time and makes for more re-usable typesetting structures, which allow you to accurately do what you want faster and faster.
Not necessarily, there's an opportunity cost to all the time you spend become proficient with TeX. If there are other products that offer sufficient control over typesetting with less time and effort, and you don't anticipate needing the advanced features that are unavailable in competing products, then becoming a TeX expert is a complete waste of time. I'm happy to concede that it's probably the best tool and certainly the best value for money, but if someone's needs are quite limited then an adequate-but-easy-to-use tool may be preferable to the superior-but-user-unfriendly one.
Not necessarily, there's an opportunity cost to all the time you spend become proficient with TeX. If there are other products that offer sufficient control over typesetting with less time and effort, and you don't anticipate needing the advanced features that are unavailable in competing products, then becoming a TeX expert is a complete waste of time. I'm happy to concede that it's probably the best tool and certainly the best value for money, but if someone's needs are quite limited then an adequate-but-easy-to-use tool may be preferable to the superior-but-user-unfriendly one.