Texture – As open as LaTeX and as simple as a classic word processor

Re:Texture – As open as LaTeX and as simple as a classic wor... by lottin on Saturday October 08, 2016 @05:55AM (#12666347)

> It is way more convenient to write equations in it than using Office's editor.

Really? Unless in the middle of the document you decide to make some change in notation...

But overall, I agree with you. I think the problem is LaTeX has a really steep learning curve. To understand what is going you have to read at the very least a couple of thick books, which is definitely too much too ask to somebody who's only using LaTeX for a one-off job.

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Re:Texture – As open as LaTeX and as simple as a classic wor... by jessriedel on Saturday October 08, 2016 @09:48AM (#12666919)

> Really? Unless in the middle of the document you decide to make some change in notation...

You mean like renaming a variable from c to d? The proper things to do here is define an alias for any variables you use a lot.

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Re:Texture – As open as LaTeX and as simple as a classic wor... by lottin on Saturday October 08, 2016 @12:13PM (#12667439)

Sorry for the confusion, I totally misread the comment I was replying to. Yes, I agree that LaTeX is more convenient for writing mathematical stuff.

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