[buug] latex (pronounced Lay-tech)

[Joseph Zitt]

On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 10:51:52 -0800 (PST)
Bob Read <unixjavabob at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Anybody used Latex?
> No, not the S&M variety that Claude sells, I'm talking
> about LaTeX: a document preparation system:
> 
> http://www.latex-project.org/
> 
> I'm trying to help out a friend who wants to publish a
> math book (lots of equations I guess) and Latex seems
> like a good choice, what with AMS-LaTeX and
> all...opinions, please?

I love it-- but I'm a markup kinda guy. I'd recommend using a good emacs
environment for it, which will nicely handle the generating and checking
stuff for you.

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