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On more than one occasion I have started writing a paper draft in Sublime + Markdown because the scaffolding of LaTeX felt too distracting. Eventually you need to actually build the real document though.
I switched to markdown and sublime a while ago. No more sideways tables, true. But even for that there is a workaround. And much less distraction in return.
I've build MonsterWriter [1] to fight the LaTeX struggles. In Word, you are stuck in a write format, write format cycle. In LaTeX, you are stuck in a write google, write google cycle. We deserve to have a write, write, write, write cycle! [1] https://www.monsterwriter.app/
I write LaTeX documents in VSCode because there's a syntax highlight plugin there for it. If I could, I would write in Sublime Text, because it's faster. However, no Sublime Text plugin for LaTeX exists. Unfortunately, the thing I would like most is a complete replacement for LaTeX that offers these features: * Text-based - no binary file formats * A unique DSL for all features * Complete control over layout and form…
I write LaTeX documents in VSCode because there's a syntax highlight plugin there for it. If I could, I would write in Sublime Text, because it's faster. However, no Sublime Text plugin for LaTeX exists. Unfortunately, the thing I would like most is a complete replacement for LaTeX that offers these features: * Text-based - no binary file formats * A unique DSL for all features * Complete control over layout and form…
I'm using the Latex and LatexTools packagest, so I don't follow your point. It's pretty good and can also be set up to properly autocomplete `\cite` and `\ref` in multi-file projects quite easily.
On more than one occasion I have started writing a paper draft in Sublime + Markdown because the scaffolding of LaTeX felt too distracting. Eventually you need to actually build the real document though.
You may like Texmacs.
Note that despite the name, TeXmacs is not an extension to emacs, but is its own standalone system.
I write LaTeX documents in VSCode because there's a syntax highlight plugin there for it. If I could, I would write in Sublime Text, because it's faster. However, no Sublime Text plugin for LaTeX exists. Unfortunately, the thing I would like most is a complete replacement for LaTeX that offers these features: * Text-based - no binary file formats * A unique DSL for all features * Complete control over layout and form…
... anymore. https://github.com/LaTeXing used to exist, but has been dead for about 5 years.
Takes a lot of the visual clutter out, dumps to PDF smoothly, and you can tweak the tex if you like in between.
A very comfy way to work once you get used to it.