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   Martin =?UTF-8?Q?Sch=C3=B6=C3=B6n?= to All   
   Re: Latex   
   12 Mar 23 20:42:21   
   
   From: martin.schoon@gmail.com   
      
   Den 2023-03-12 skrev Javier :   
   > Henrik Carlqvist  wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > Not all of them where done on graphical office applications.  Kernighan's   
   books   
   > are typeset with pic|tbl|eqn|troff -ms (as stated in page iv of K&R).   
   >   
   I guess he had to given his role early UNIX development :-)   
      
   /Martin   
      
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