• doctordevice@lemmy.ca
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      If you want to typeset math, yes really. And IMO formatting control in LaTeX is unmatched and then some in word processors.

      Plus TikZ is incredible.

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      Switched to Typst and love it. I’d say I use LibreOffice much less because of Typst.

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      At least “back in my day” there was no alternative if you wanted to write a paper (or a thesis).

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        Even in undergrad, I swear using good LyX templates nets you half a grade just for beautiful presentation. And if you throw Zotero in there for the automated citation management, it’s glorious for research papers.

    • WIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.world
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      No. If you format aomething in latex it will look like you want. Word and even libre writer will just mess up formatting at the slightest inconvenience

      • Capybara_mdp@reddthat.com
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        .md files are agnostic and can be read by pretty much anything. I care for the content to be preserved, the “look” can be handled later. Considering sloppification,Data preservation and accessibility should be held to a premium at this point.