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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: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 20:27:20 +0100
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On 2024-12-31 14:50, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>> On 2024-12-30 11:56, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>>> Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>>>> On 2024-12-29 21:41, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>>>>> Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> [...]
>>>>>
>>>>>> Amazing that none of you has mentioned latex.
>>>>>
>>>>>      This isn't that kind of group!
>>>>
>>>> Latex is software :-P
>>>
>>>     Obviously, but as you used all lowercase, it screamed for a pun. And
>>> of course, it's 'LaTeX'.
>>>
>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX>
>>
>> Well, I do not talk LaTeX, so I do not know.
>>
>> I do know, though, that I do have a command named "latex" in my computer.
>>
>> cer@Telcontar:~> latex --version
>> pdfTeX 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.22 (TeX Live 2021/TeX Live for SUSE Linux)
>> kpathsea version 6.3.3
>> Copyright 2021 Han The Thanh (pdfTeX) et al.
>> There is NO warranty.  Redistribution of this software is
>> covered by the terms of both the pdfTeX copyright and
>> the Lesser GNU General Public License.
>> For more information about these matters, see the file
>> named COPYING and the pdfTeX source.
>> Primary author of pdfTeX: Han The Thanh (pdfTeX) et al.
>> Compiled with libpng 1.6.34; using libpng 1.6.34
>> Compiled with zlib 1.2.11; using zlib 1.2.13
>> Compiled with xpdf version 4.03
>> cer@Telcontar:~>
> 
>    Yes, I know you use Linux, so I indeed assumed that lowercase 'latex'
> is a command on Linux.
> 
>    I've never used LaTeX either, but from the Wikipedia ppage, I
> understand that LaTeX is the markup/formatting language and that
> <something>TeX<something> is the software/program which processes that
> language. That understanding id confirmed by the fact that your
> 'latex --version' output mentions '<something>TeX<something>', but not
> 'LaTeX'.
> 
>    Bottom line: Two guys talking about something they don't know anything
> about! :-)

:-D

I think I have generated output from Latex documents, but just following 
a recipe.

And I like LyX.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.