Quote by Knuth

[Christopher Dimech]

> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2021 at 10:20 AM
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> Christopher Dimech wrote:
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> > Have not seen extensive work being done in org mode.
>
> Oh, no, people use it, LaTeX is too difficult/slow and one
> tend to end up polishing the details forever in
> a (re)compilation loop that's endless, almost, is what they
> think, at least.

May we all be spared from over-thinking then :)))

> Do I agree? Yes, but at the same time that complexity and
> control over the details are the strengths of it.
>
> If one do one document in LaTeX, then polish it like crazy
> forever until the result is perfect, then one can use these
> same settings again for the next document and ever document
> ever on, just type the contents and compile and ship...
>
> So one can have the best of both worlds!
>
> Well, in theory at least ;)

Sausage with Ice-cream.

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