LaTeX Makes Me Angry • Hacker News Board

Re: LaTeX Makes Me Angry

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Post by lnwlebjel » Tue, Oct 11, 2022, 9:20 PM UTC

FloatArtifact wrote: post #82

Can anyone recommend a WYSIWYG LaTeX editor?

See overleaf.com which approximates this feature.

Re: LaTeX Makes Me Angry

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Post by smitty1e » Wed, Oct 12, 2022, 2:43 AM UTC

mnd999 wrote: post #31

smitty1e wrote: post #30

> avoid rebuilding Why not make a CI/CD pipeline and have the document rebuilt with each git commit?

That sounds like a troll, and if it is, it’s a good one because it made me laugh.

Seriously. Set up the process in a pipeline, hide the pain, and focus on the work.

Re: LaTeX Makes Me Angry

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Post by pvaldes » Wed, Oct 12, 2022, 11:18 AM UTC

treis wrote: post #55

pvaldes wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I will just remove one bracket from your complex equations Let’s see how many hours you will spend to fix it. I would measure the fix time in minutes, even seconds, but not in hours. Emacs would help with that. Moving your \end{document} backwards would find the problem also.

Challenge issued and accepted. Now all that remains is choosing the time and manner of battle.

Challenges are for low-rank influencers and people willing to prove to strangers how freaking smart or popular they are, or how fast they can rap.

To be honest, I couldn't care less about that. Knowing that it can be done and how to do it is more than enough for me. Nothing to learn or gain jumping in that vanity wrestling ring.