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   Henrik Carlqvist to Javier   
   Re: Latex   
   12 Mar 23 11:04:07   
   
   From: Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com   
      
   On Sun, 12 Mar 2023 03:52:06 +0000, Javier wrote:   
   > In fact, TeX is not very popular among UNIX programmers, and software   
   > documentation is seldom written in LaTeX (with the exception of people   
   > doing maths and physics).   
      
   This is true, if you are only writing some programming documentation like   
   some design description or a requirement specification most people will   
   find it easier and more efficient to use som graphical office application   
   like LibreOffice or MS Word.   
      
   But Latex really shines when it comes to describing mathematical formulas   
   or writing long documents with hundreds or thousands of figures.   
      
   However, for a programmer Latex can still be useful for things like   
   automagically generate different kinds of test reports.   
      
   regards Henrik   
      
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