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Re:I hate LaTeX, I love LaTeX by aulin on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @08:55AM (#31491384)
have you ever printed a webpage?
Re:I hate LaTeX, I love LaTeX by SebastianKra on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @10:04AM (#31492265)
Yep. A while ago, I used wkhtml2pdf to write a document in Markdown (Pandoc) and convert it to PDF.

It worked fine. There where some minor issues around page breaks. But then again, most people don't use paper for reading anymore, so I'll happily accept these minor issues over the absolute inconsistent hell that is text-selection, searching and hyperlinks in most PDFs.

Re:I hate LaTeX, I love LaTeX by WolfOliver on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @09:28AM (#31491803)
For how long do we still need to print a paper?
Re:I hate LaTeX, I love LaTeX by petschge on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @10:03AM (#31492248)
For as long as I use time sitting on public transport and airplanes to review them. Nothing beats the ergonomics of a printout, a red pen and no internet.
Re:I hate LaTeX, I love LaTeX by WolfOliver on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @12:22PM (#31494090)
I think the same way but I'm also pretty sure that the generation to come does not appreciate it anymore.

I hope that e-inc displays will mature. Paired with the UX of a modern I Pad this will replace printed stuff.

Re:I hate LaTeX, I love LaTeX by ProfXponent on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @11:03AM (#31493032)
Or a decent paperback novel.

Reading long form content on a screen gives me awful eyestrain.

Plus I love the smell of a good book.

Re:I hate LaTeX, I love LaTeX by ProfXponent on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @11:02AM (#31493019)
Paper is the best form of long term storage of data we have besides stone tablets.