Have you ever asked yourself “how did research get done before LateX?”

Re:Have you ever asked yourself “how did research get done b... by truckerbill on Thursday May 28, 2020 @01:57PM (#23340295)

Using a scripting language to format text always seemed insane to me. People love LaTeX but it's nowhere near as intuitive as writing formulas down on a piece of paper. Having two panes, one for the output seems also very hacky and unintuitive.

Instant feedback in one view, typing at the speed of thought should be the goal, and if it means a new paradigm I'm all for it. Imagine it was something you could actually program with; those gross inline math functions would suddenly be so much more parsable.

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Re:Have you ever asked yourself “how did research get done b... by abdullahkhalids on Thursday May 28, 2020 @02:27PM (#23340621)

Remember that scene in the matrix when he says "I don't even see the code anymore". After a short while (about a couple of hundred pages of typing latex math for me), the code is mostly as intuitive as the visual formulas. At least for not too long equations.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvEXkd3O2ow

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Re:Have you ever asked yourself “how did research get done b... by jessriedel on Thursday May 28, 2020 @07:00PM (#23344050)

LyX exists. It is used only by a small minority of physicists even though it's been around for 25 years.

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Re:Have you ever asked yourself “how did research get done b... by BlueTemplar on Thursday May 28, 2020 @02:05PM (#23340370)

LuaLaTeX ?

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