Comments on: The Great Emacs Experiment, Part 2 http://douglasjohnston.net/weblog/archives/2004/10/21/emacs-experiment-2/ random musings from a primate Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:55:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: terceiro http://douglasjohnston.net/weblog/archives/2004/10/21/emacs-experiment-2/#comment-188 terceiro Tue, 16 Nov 2004 04:41:45 +0000 http://douglasjohnston.net/weblog/archives/2004/10/21/emacs-experiment-2/#comment-188 The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. I've always <i>wanted</i> to become an emacs guru, but could never get past all the meta-alt-control-shifting. But there's been this omnious shiver deep in my soul that tells me I'm missing <i>it</i>. Perhaps a similar odyssey would be useful. Except I'd have to hunker down and learn LaTeX. That might be enough to seal the deal against it. Sigh. I'll be watching closely. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. I’ve always wanted to become an emacs guru, but could never get past all the meta-alt-control-shifting. But there’s been this omnious shiver deep in my soul that tells me I’m missing it. Perhaps a similar odyssey would be useful. Except I’d have to hunker down and learn LaTeX. That might be enough to seal the deal against it. Sigh. I’ll be watching closely.

]]> By: dougj http://douglasjohnston.net/weblog/archives/2004/10/21/emacs-experiment-2/#comment-189 dougj Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:15:24 +0000 http://douglasjohnston.net/weblog/archives/2004/10/21/emacs-experiment-2/#comment-189 LaTeX is actually fun after a while. By itself, it produces some gorgeous documents, but when you mix it with pdflatex and emacs, you get one hell of a document writing system. I prepare my reports in LaTeX, and have had quite a number of people comment on the wonderful cross-referenced PDFs with hyperlinks and clickable tables of contents. Those actually required very little work on my part: all I did was give it the mark-up for section and subsection titles, and it handled the rest for me. LaTeX can also be a bit addictive. It's a quest of knowledge that never ends, a bit like a technological Holy Grail. You need a few good books to feed the addiction, though. LaTeX is actually fun after a while. By itself, it produces some gorgeous documents, but when you mix it with pdflatex and emacs, you get one hell of a document writing system. I prepare my reports in LaTeX, and have had quite a number of people comment on the wonderful cross-referenced PDFs with hyperlinks and clickable tables of contents. Those actually required very little work on my part: all I did was give it the mark-up for section and subsection titles, and it handled the rest for me.

LaTeX can also be a bit addictive. It’s a quest of knowledge that never ends, a bit like a technological Holy Grail. You need a few good books to feed the addiction, though.

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