At 09:57 -0800 3/3/14, Syed Zaeem Hosain ([email protected]) wrote: >Agreed that LaTeX has a steep learning curve and, in this WYSIWYG world, it >may seem like a step backward to some people. However, the power and >flexibility (with highly consistent formatted output) is very appealing in >some cases. > >With regard to hyphenation, it sounds like the person writing the thesis was >not providing hyphenation hints. You can use the \hyphenation command to >identify the break points in a set of unusual words, and LaTeX will do the >right thing after that whenever it sees those words.
It was just an example taken at random from recent experience. I'm sure there is a workaround, but the writer is a software expert and researcher, and the fact that he didn't know about this sort of proves my case - that getting good results out of LaTeX requires deep knowledge ;-) I am sure that it can be made to do great things, but I've never seen what I would consider acceptable results come out of it in the the hands of non-experts. -- Steve [Trim e-mails: use less disk, use less power, use less planet] _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as [email protected]. Send list messages to [email protected]. To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
