On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 11:21:41PM -0500, cecil wrote: > Someone told me today at lunch that what with my "wierd obsession", as > he called it, to perhaps go without a gui(X), I should try "that latex > thingie". My buddy is a real wordmaster. LOL. I did some reading up on > it; it's interesting. I never knew that you could do all that with no > window system. Does anyone here use it on a regular basis, and if so, > how hard is it to use, setup, print, etc? I'm having thoughts of perhaps > writing papers this semester in emacs and if this thing... Well, let's > just say I'm trying to have an open mind about things. I'm trying not to > summarily dismiss thing just because I don't know what they are, or, are > not familiar with them.
Most is said already, but what the heck... If you're going to use any mathematics at all, start using LaTeX and make a laugh of everyone who doesn't by simply comparing your printout to theirs. After graduating as a physicist a year ago, I never stopped using LaTeX. In fact, it's the only thing I use, together with vim. Right now, I'm finishing my studies to become a teacher and all assignments I've finished are done in LaTeX: easy to use, great-looking, etc. You don't have to spend much time making a good layout, or deciding what fonts to use or things like that. The critics say: the layout is boring! If you agree, read the first chapter of the 'Not so short introduction' and you'll understand why that is not a drawback. HTH, David -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus. Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
