On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 12:07:37PM +0100, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 23:21:41 -0500, cecil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 used it to write up my 3rd year project, and I think it probably > ended up being as useful as writing it in microsoft word (not taking > into account of course the unavailability of word for linux). > > Much of the power that latex has exists now in word: e.g. automatic > contents building. I used bibtex for references which was a blessing > and a curse. The appearance was significantly more attractive than > anything I could concoct in word; and the typesettings is second to > none. However some of the limitations/annoyances really built up and > got on my nerves. > > I adopted a vim script called `vim-latexsuite' mid way through and > found it very helpful; especially `auto-folding' which collapses each > section up until you ask it to be expanded.
That sounds neat! I will look into vim-latexsuite after all... Thanks, 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]
