Re: [BLACKBOX] [CPC] Casket

From: [at]} <Wojtek>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:59:32 -0400

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On Mon, 29 Mar 2010, Robert wrote:

> BUT I have a couple of colleages who use LaTeX for big documents who claim it
> is worth the learning curve. Maybe, in time, I will agree. But in the
> meantime I see Casket as a relatively easy way of using just a part of LaTeX.

If you want to use LaTeX then you have to read the book by Leslie Lamport.
Writing your first article is pain, but then it becomes routine. Also,
LaTeX is not meant to be a toy. You use it when you have to.

These days most journals accept manuscripts in Word, so much of the
motivation for LaTeX is gone. But if you want to make sure your equations
are typeset right then LaTeX is probably your best option. Fortunately,
every journal who accepts laTeX will provide a template with all the
options properly predefined. In scientific community it is also common to
reuse older articles as templates for the new ones. (Be sure to replace
previous conclusions with your own versions, though.)

All in all, the inner guts of science are not joy. LaTeX is part of the
inner guts. It is thus appropriately powerful and painful to use.

Just my $0.02 of opinions.

W.

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