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From: Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: The problem with not owning the software
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 08:24:58 -0000 (UTC)
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Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> 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.

Writing direct latex is quite a learning curve. I prefer markdown for
simple documents which can be converted to pdf or docx as needed with
pandoc. 

Markdown is also great for embedding interpretable code which can be
evaluated when knitted or compiled. Perfect for writing data reports as
part of a workflow.