Word processors are ditching equation editors in favour of LaTeX

Re:Word processors are ditching equation editors in favour o... by deehouie on Saturday June 15, 2019 @08:07PM (#20192991)

When I saw this headline, I feel really sorry for those millions of non-programmer users. Having used LaTeX for more 10 yrs, I have to say this is one of the worst software in existent. The whole thing is really just a programming language with so many bugs so many broken packages so many idiosyncractic "features" that no one knows why they are the way they are.

Sadly, I still use it because there's no alternative.

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Re:Word processors are ditching equation editors in favour o... by zzleeper on Saturday June 15, 2019 @10:21PM (#20193460)

I'm really surprised not enough people are making this point.

So bug prone, so many fragile packages, so many weird incantations that must be done if you ever want any flexibility... it absolutely sucks, but then I use it again and again.

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Re:Word processors are ditching equation editors in favour o... by garmaine on Sunday June 16, 2019 @12:11AM (#20193803)

PDF document typesetting is the poster child of unsexy software to work on. Everybody wants a replacement but nobody wants to write one.

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Re:Word processors are ditching equation editors in favour o... by bobbiechen on Sunday June 16, 2019 @12:40AM (#20193882)

>Could you use a standard word processor to approximate LaTeX, while obtaining an arguably better experience? Introducing the WordTeX template [for Microsoft Word] .

From the SIGBOVIK 2018 presentation, "WordTeX - a WYSIPCTWOTCG Typesetting Tool" : https://youtu.be/jlX_pThh7z8

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