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Re:The Emacs Lock-In Effect or the Emacs Sunk Cost Fallacy by CalChris on Friday August 06, 2021 @04:15PM (#28092247)
Yes, Overleaf. I'd always had LaTeX envy but when faced with installation and configuration, I gave up again and again. Overleaf solved all that.
Re:The Emacs Lock-In Effect or the Emacs Sunk Cost Fallacy by bkallus on Friday August 06, 2021 @08:36PM (#28094475)
In college we were required to typeset assignments in LaTeX for all the math classes past multivariable calculus. I started out with Overleaf, but switched to local compilation about a year in. It's much nicer to be able to write in my usual text editor and compile documents instantly. On Arch, all I had to do was install texlive-most. It includes every package I have ever needed to use. To compile a document, I just run 'pdflatex *.tex'. Sometimes bibtex too. If you're having trouble with setup and configuration, I recommend texlive.
Re:The Emacs Lock-In Effect or the Emacs Sunk Cost Fallacy by andrepd on Friday August 06, 2021 @08:48PM (#28094569)
>installation and configuration

On Linux, literally run the texlive installer script and install an editor like TexStudio if you'd like. That's it.