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Re: [LUG] TeX/LaTeX

 

I used it a lot when I was doing maths - it's the de facto standard in
maths and science. That's also where it's most useful, but if you want
to have a _lot_ of flexibility in the lay-out of a letter, document or
book, it is a fantastic language to use.

I rarely use it these days and tend to go for the easy option and use
Open Office for letters. Though once you've created a nice template,
LaTeX is rather easy for that purpose too.

I'd say it is fairly easy to learn. Not as easy as HTML, but it's kind
of the next step after that. Unless you're doing science I doubt you
really need it, bur if you tend to get frustrated about text
processing software making decisions for you, I'd say it's worth the
effort.

Martijn



On 08/10/2011, Philip Hudson <phil.hudson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sorry I missed the meeting today. Hope you had a good one.
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> Anyone know anything about TeX/LaTeX? How easy is it to learn, how
> useful is it, who uses it, etc.
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