On 23.07.2015 18:12, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Armin K. wrote: > >>> There were two reasons I needed it at the time. The first was that >>> it > was before vim and vi was/is crude by comparison. The second was that > there was a very sophisticated macro for it that I needed to format my > dissertation properly (the format proctors are *very* picky). The table > of contents, list of figures, list of tables, index, margins, etc had to > be *perfect*. >> >> That's where LaTeX wins. > > Actually no. LaTeX is limited for what I was doing. There were constructs > that I needed and I couldn't figure out how to do them in LaTeX. I used > plain TeX instead. > > -- Bruce
Wait, so you're saying LaTeX can't do what you described above? Perfect alignment, table of contents/tables/figures? Wow, my whole life has been a lie, especially since they trained me to do exactly that in LaTeX. texlive distribution is capable of almost anything. -- Note: My last name is not Krejzi.
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