Word processors are ditching equation editors in favour of LaTeX

Re:Word processors are ditching equation editors in favour o... by gerbilly on Saturday June 15, 2019 @07:00PM (#20192715)

Maybe it's because I did way more plain TeX than LaTeX, but just what is it that everyone finds so difficult about LaTeX?

Is LaTeX itself that much more difficult than plain TeX?

If so then why not just use TeX, the TeXBook is really easy to follow and gives clear examples.

The equations are formatted exactly the same way in both.¹

1: Unless you choose to use some package like amsmath, but why ?)

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Re:Word processors are ditching equation editors in favour o... by wongarsu on Saturday June 15, 2019 @07:06PM (#20192743)

I think writing text and equations in LaTex is very simple. It's not WYSIWYG, but fairly straighforward. Even complex equations are fairly easy to formulate and look great. However as soon as you want to change how something is presented you might be in for a world of pain.

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Re:Word processors are ditching equation editors in favour o... by gerbilly on Saturday June 15, 2019 @09:12PM (#20193224)

> However as soon as you want to change how something is presented you might be in for a world of pain.

So yeah, don't use LaTeX then use TeX, where you can change things easily because it's not as complicated.

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