Re: The problem with not owning the software

Frank Slootweg wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

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:
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Amazing that none of you has mentioned latex.

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    This isn't that kind of group!

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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:~>

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  Yes, I know you use Linux, so I indeed assumed that lowercase 'latex'
is a command on Linux.
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  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'.
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  Bottom line: Two guys talking about something they don't know anything
about! :-)

LaTeX is a buncha wrapper macros to simplify TeX, I think.

I use LaTeX to generate a couple of large documents (only 300 pages each)
with table contents, list of tables, list of figure, and an index. It took me
awhile to create a nice look, but one benefit is being able to use vi to
generate PDFs. Another benefit is avoiding wrestling with a GUI.

There's a document processor, LyX, based on TeX and LaTeX, if you want a GUI.
(There are others as well).

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