How I'm able to take notes in mathematics lectures using LaTeX and Vim
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Re: How I'm able to take notes in mathematics lectures using LaTeX and Vim
#2> which makes for a total of more than 1700 pages of notes
That's an absolutely incredible feat, especially considering that the notes look pretty much textbook-quality!
Although personally, I have never been able to both absorb a lecture and take electronic notes. If I need comprehension, my notes have always had to be pen-and-paper.
Once again, this is an incredible feat.
Re: How I'm able to take notes in mathematics lectures using LaTeX and Vim
#31700 pages? You've just rewritten the textbook. That doesn't seem like a good use of time.
Re: How I'm able to take notes in mathematics lectures using LaTeX and Vim
#4This is pretty amazing. I regularly use LaTeX for typesetting homework at school but have never been able to keep up during lectures. I'll have to look into including this in my workflow.
Re: How I'm able to take notes in mathematics lectures using LaTeX and Vim
#5I've got the usefulness of Ultisnip in this article at least. I couldn't understand everything else... mathematics?
Re: How I'm able to take notes in mathematics lectures using LaTeX and Vim
#6Good ol' Live-TeXing. Googling "LiveTeXing" will show you other examples of this, if you are curious to see more.
For those who aren't already familiar with Vim, Kile 3.0 beta is a fine substitute. It does most of what's described in the post in a GUI environment.
Re: How I'm able to take notes in mathematics lectures using LaTeX and Vim
#7As a feat in itself this is definitely very impressive, but I wonder if it's really worth anyone's time to spend precious lecture time with your mind fully occupied in the mechanical task of taking notes rather than actually absorbing and engaging with the content. Especially for an extremely content-dense subject like Mathematics, where you need all your concentration just to process what you are reading and follow along the logic.
There is absolutely no dearth of study material on the internet. It's one thing to take notes as part of your study process. There it helps solidify your understanding. But surely taking notes on the fly when you have been barely introduced to the subject isn't going to help with that.
Re: How I'm able to take notes in mathematics lectures using LaTeX and Vim
#8That's quite remarkable that you were able to do so many things so effortless in real-time.
And all the notes look so beautiful.
Re: How I'm able to take notes in mathematics lectures using LaTeX and Vim
#9Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19440652
Re: How I'm able to take notes in mathematics lectures using LaTeX and Vim
#10Very cool & beautiful notes!
I'm looking forward to seeing how the author live-TeX's figures - I'd love to get better at creating figures in TeX even in a slower, more offline context.
Having to drop to Python in some cases seems non-ideal though. If only there were some editor with good, customisable scripting built-in.....