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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