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chesheer
chesheer
@chesheer@mastodon.bsd.cafe  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Picked this up from mail today. Fourth edition of "Guide to LaTeX" (don't Google it, kids!) from 2004. It came from UK and, apparently, belonged to some D. Linton.
Also, as a pleasant surprise, it contained TexLive 2003 distribution for Windows, Linux and MacOS UNSEALED!
I love thrift books.
#Latex

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Photo of a book called "Guide to LaTeX" Fourth Edition by Helmut Kopka and Patrick W. Daly.
Photo of a book called "Guide to LaTeX" Fourth Edition by Helmut Kopka and Patrick W. Daly.
Photo of a book called "Guide to LaTeX" Fourth Edition by Helmut Kopka and Patrick W. Daly.
Photo of ex libris saying "D. LINTON".
Photo of ex libris saying "D. LINTON".
Photo of ex libris saying "D. LINTON".
Photo of TexLive 2003 CD case in a book.
Photo of TexLive 2003 CD case in a book.
Photo of TexLive 2003 CD case in a book.
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Stefano Marinelli
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@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

@chesheer I loved LaTeX. I used it for my final paper, researches, etc when I was at university, while other friends were just using *Office tools.
I remember I used LyX - but I don't remember anything about it, more than 20 years later.
Now, I'm curious to try it again

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@chesheer@mastodon.bsd.cafe replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

@stefano This is cool! I actually started to use LyX now for my work and it's a miracle for me. Coupled with pandoc it's a killer app.
I remember that around 10 years ago LyX was somewhat glitchy and buggy, I couldn't do a thing. Also, I didn't now about pandoc back then.

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