Thanks for all your useful thoughts.
I think I'll try to make this with LateX for a start and see if I can manage
it!
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On 12.09.2018 00:48, Noeck wrote:
I guess the wording might be just a bit misleading, but I disagree with
that. Yes, LaTeX is good for scientific papers. But that's not because
looks don't matter. It's because of the beautiful look of mathematical
formulae, the clear and automatic structure of yo
On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 03:09:57PM -0700, foxfanfare wrote:
> Simon Albrecht-2 wrote
> > Maybe. LaTeX becomes less of a good choice the more you actually
> > want to design the visuals. In a scientific paper, looks don’t
> > matter at all, it’s only about the content; that’s where LaTeX is
> > perf
Hi,
Am 11.09.2018 um 23:53 schrieb Simon Albrecht:
> On 11.09.2018 17:50, foxfanfare wrote:
>> - Is Latex a good replacement for Word?
>
> Maybe. LaTeX becomes less of a good choice the more you actually want to
> design the visuals. In a scientific paper, looks don’t matter at all,
> it’s only a
Am 12.09.2018 um 00:09 schrieb foxfanfare:
Simon Albrecht-2 wrote
Maybe. LaTeX becomes less of a good choice the more you actually want to
design the visuals. In a scientific paper, looks don’t matter at all,
it’s only about the content; that’s where LaTeX is perfect, no doubt. If
you’re going
Simon Albrecht-2 wrote
> Maybe. LaTeX becomes less of a good choice the more you actually want to
> design the visuals. In a scientific paper, looks don’t matter at all,
> it’s only about the content; that’s where LaTeX is perfect, no doubt. If
> you’re going to design a poster, LaTeX is most ce
On 11.09.2018 17:50, foxfanfare wrote:
- Is Latex a good replacement for Word?
Maybe. LaTeX becomes less of a good choice the more you actually want to
design the visuals. In a scientific paper, looks don’t matter at all,
it’s only about the content; that’s where LaTeX is perfect, no doubt. I
Aaron Hill wrote
> In fact, that is
> probably a good strategy for any application you are using that is not
> currently cross-platform. Seek out an alternative and start getting
> used to it now while you can still use your current setup.
>
> (Side note: Bear in mind you can start playing aro
foxfanfare writes:
> David Wright wrote
>> Judging from your posts here, I'm kind of surprised that you aren't
>> already using it, as you would seem to have the aptitude for it.
>
> Thanks David. But it is not as easy as it seems :) It is quite difficult to
> change all your habits, to learn eve
On 2018-09-11 1:07 pm, foxfanfare wrote:
Thanks David. But it is not as easy as it seems :) It is quite
difficult to
change all your habits, to learn everything again, even if I'm
convinced
about the necessities to do so.
There are a number of cross-platform TeX-centric editors out there. (A
David Wright wrote
> Judging from your posts here, I'm kind of surprised that you aren't
> already using it, as you would seem to have the aptitude for it.
Thanks David. But it is not as easy as it seems :) It is quite difficult to
change all your habits, to learn everything again, even if I'm con
On Tue 11 Sep 2018 at 13:20:34 (-0400), Kieren MacMillan wrote:
> Hi fox,
>
> > Does this means the PDF is imported in LaTex, a bit like with inDesign?
>
> Not exactly… It’s included at PDF generation time, a bit like an \include
> file in Lilypond.
Because both LP and LaTeX are text-sourced, i
On Tue 11 Sep 2018 at 09:11:51 (-0700), foxfanfare wrote:
> Malte Meyn-3 wrote
> > What do you mean by “manager”? What OS are you using?
>
> Thanks David & Malte for your first comments. What I meant by manager is a
> bit like Frescobaldi is to LilyPond to me! I'm still using Windows but
> probabl
Am 11. September 2018 19:15:51 MESZ schrieb foxfanfare :
>Kieren MacMillan wrote
>> A decade ago, I tried to use Lilypond for the whole deal… but soon
>found
>> out it was not powerful or flexible enough.
>
>That's interesting! That's also what I fear, but I didn't try yet...
>
>
>Kieren MacMilla
Hi fox,
> Does this means the PDF is imported in LaTex, a bit like with inDesign?
Not exactly… It’s included at PDF generation time, a bit like an \include file
in Lilypond.
> Don't you lose some margins precision?
Not that I’ve noticed. The file is simply included at full size.
> Is it appro
Kieren MacMillan wrote
> A decade ago, I tried to use Lilypond for the whole deal… but soon found
> out it was not powerful or flexible enough.
That's interesting! That's also what I fear, but I didn't try yet...
Kieren MacMillan wrote
> 2. Edit the "wrapper" in LaTeX, with the PDF score include
Hi fox,
> I'd like now to go a bit further and create the "whole" score,
> with all the front and back pages, prefaces, etc.
>
> I'd like to get your experiences about creating the front page cover for
> your scores. What really is your process for doing this.
A decade ago, I tried to use Lilypo
Malte Meyn-3 wrote
> What do you mean by “manager”? What OS are you using?
Thanks David & Malte for your first comments. What I meant by manager is a
bit like Frescobaldi is to LilyPond to me! I'm still using Windows but
probably going to change for Linux soon...
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foxfanfare writes:
> All your comments really interest me, but here are some questions I'd also
> wish to ask:
>
> - Is Latex a good replacement for Word?
In the same manner as a CNC hand plane (if there is such a thing) is a
good replacement for a belt sander. Similar basic purpose, totally
di
Am 11.09.18 um 17:50 schrieb foxfanfare:
- Is Latex a good replacement for Word? What manager you'd recommend to use?
If you want a replacement similar to MS Word, use LibreOffice instead.
But LaTeX is good in another way: It’s text based and WYGIWYM like
LilyPond. And there is lyluatex, a
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