On 23.07.2015 21:14, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Armin K. wrote: >> 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. > >> Wait, so you're saying LaTeX can't do what you described >> above? Perfect alignment, table of contents/tables/figures? > > IIRC, I wanted to create a table that started on one page and continued to > the next. I couldn't figure out how to do that with LaTeX, but it was not > that hard in plain TeX. The details are not really available now. That was > in 1991. LaTeX has probably changed since then. I haven't looked at it > since. > > -- Bruce
Ah, maybe it wasn't as great back then as it's today. But if it could be done with TeX, I see no reason why it could not be done with LaTeX. -- Note: My last name is not Krejzi.
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