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Re:The Art of LaTeX: Advice for Typesetting Beautiful, Delig... by ilayn on Sunday January 08, 2023 @11:43AM (#34300575)
Use `DeclarePairedDelimiter` from `mathtools`.

The rule of TeX is that anything that is written in TeX is instantly old. Because people don't read what Knuth had in mind. TeX was the prototype not the production grade product. Still people refuse to get the message.

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Re:The Art of LaTeX: Advice for Typesetting Beautiful, Delig... by colejohnson66 on Sunday January 08, 2023 @04:03PM (#34303084)
Well, Knuth still writes all his stuff using "plain" TeX. For example, the source of the TeXbook and the METAFONTbook are both TeX, not LaTeX or whatnot. Granted, he did create TeX, so he's probably more comfortable with it.
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Re:The Art of LaTeX: Advice for Typesetting Beautiful, Delig... by ilayn on Monday January 09, 2023 @12:46PM (#34313239)
Pure TeXnicians are a thing. Besides, what do you expect him to use? it's his creation.

The point is he created TeX for himself and expected others to supercede it with a proper implementation. Didn't happen though.

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