Re:TeX Live 2017 released
by jacobolus on Sunday June 04, 2017 @02:53AM
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Anyone who wants everything “just right” and is particular about what that means – and doesn’t have to make more than 2 documents in a particular template (or maybe even if they do) – should just start with InDesign, and save hours of trouble.
Where LaTeX shines is for cases where you don’t really care about the details of the layout, but just want someone else to handle it all in a somewhat sensible way when you hand them a basic manuscript, and not shit all over itself the way MS Word does on a regular basis.
LaTeX is great for generic college papers where you don’t have figures and don’t have time to worry about the layout. By contrast it’s a huge pain in the butt for something like magazines, coffee-table books, or posters.
(It’s also the best way to typeset mathematical formulas, of course.)
Where LaTeX shines is for cases where you don’t really care about the details of the layout, but just want someone else to handle it all in a somewhat sensible way when you hand them a basic manuscript, and not shit all over itself the way MS Word does on a regular basis.
LaTeX is great for generic college papers where you don’t have figures and don’t have time to worry about the layout. By contrast it’s a huge pain in the butt for something like magazines, coffee-table books, or posters.
(It’s also the best way to typeset mathematical formulas, of course.)