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   Henrik Carlqvist to Jim Diamond   
   Re: Latex   
   15 Mar 23 06:26:20   
   
   From: Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com   
      
   On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 21:14:19 -0300, Jim Diamond wrote:   
      
   > On 2023-03-12 at 08:04 ADT, Henrik Carlqvist   
   >  wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > That presumes they know one of those; not everyone who does software   
   > development was indoctrinated into the M$ tool space.  I've seen people   
   > use all sorts of tools to produce documentation.  (Sometimes even just   
   > ordinary plain text!)   
      
   Yes, but the learning curve will not be as steep for a graphical office   
   application as for Latex. However, once you learn Latex you can use the   
   same favorite editor for your documentation as you use for programming.   
      
   regards Henrik   
      
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