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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The problem with not owning the software
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 02:30:14 +0100
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On 2024-12-30 00:50, -hh wrote:
> On 12/29/24 3:17 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>> On 2024-12-29 07:58, rbowman wrote:
>>> On Sun, 29 Dec 2024 01:43:11 +0000, Ant wrote:
>>>
>>>> What do you use to edit/create documents and spreadsheets with others?
>>>
>>> I don't. Anything I create is done with Vim. For external use we have 
>>> tech
>>> writers that make it pretty. My attempts to edit RFPs with LibreOffice
>>> don't work well, so I either use Vim and reference the sections or print
>>> relevant pages and use a pen.
>>
>> Amazing that none of you has mentioned latex. You can edit documents 
>> with vi.
> 
> Good point.  I have friends who used to use latex quite a bit for large 
> documents with interesting formatting needs.
> 
> There also was Encapsulated Postscript (EPS) too...I don't know much 
> more about it, other than MS dropped support of it after Word 5.

Me, I am aware of Latex, but I prefer LyX myself.

I have seen an engineer produce production ready math papers and complex 
formulas using Latex in Windows. Some process going from the Latex file 
to the PDF output, marking the same word on both sides.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.