Also, nobody loves \LaTeX.
Lies, LaTeX is great.
Comment on I đ€ LaTeX
Gyroplast@pawb.social âš2â© âšmonthsâ© ago
That nerd would surely pronounce his kink /ËleÉȘtÉk/
. Also, nobody loves \LaTeX. Unrealistic. 3/10.
Also, nobody loves \LaTeX.
Lies, LaTeX is great.
Yes, absolutely.
But does anyone love it?
English is stupid, but how does âlatexâ get a âkâ ending? I have heard people arguing for years that itâs supposed to be pronounced that way, but never any justification for why.
From another comment:
The âXâ at the end of \LaTeX is actually a uppercase chi, so it pronounced with a âkâ sound.
Itâs also wrong, itâs supposed to be a ch-sound as in Bach.
Depending on the time. In ancient Greek it was /k^h^/ (aspirated k, basically the normal k in English) which turned to /x/ as you said but neither is wRoNG, especially when your native language doesnât have one if the sounds
Because itâs not an X at the end, itâs a Greek chi. Same with the arXiv preprint distribution â itâs âarchive,â not are-ex-iv.
The greek Ï should be a âchâ sound like âBachâ or âLochâ. And if you copy that last character from the project page or anything itâs definitely an X, not a Ï.
Indeed, âCHâ like âBachâ or âlochâ is an accepted pronunciation of LaTeX. We didnât have unicode in the 1980s and LaTeX is a logotype so it doesnât really get to evolve.
Petition to change the name to RX4
99 what you did thereâŠ
(I know, IC isnât valid Roman numeral representation of 99, but it was the only joke I could think of.)
Among the lovely revival of arguing the One True Pronunciation, I personally see lay-tech as a portmanteau of âlayout technologyâ. Meaning in German discourse, itâs [tÉç]
, and in English [tÉk]
. Simple to remember, easy to derive, and matching the Gospel.
Except that itâs spelled âLatexâ with all letters from the English alphabet and there is already an existing word with that spelling, therefore it is pronounced the same way as that word. You donât pronounce âLaserâ as âLah Seerâ even though the âAâ comes from âAmplificationâ and the âEâ from âEmissionâ. Once it became a word, it was pronounced using standard English pronunciation rules.
Latex, like the rubber stuff.
standard English pronunciation rules
Lol. Lmao even.
âRead the instructionsâ, he was told, so he read them. And then he did lead Sean to the lead pipe.
SW42@lemmy.world âš2â© âšmonthsâ© ago
I do love LaTeX. Wrote every thesis and paper with it. Using bibtex was a lifesaver as I didnât have to care for citations and references. Not caring about numbering, footnotes or annotations and having them automatically is amazing. Also structuring the thesis or paper into multiple separate files that work with version control has web a game changer for me
PlexSheep@infosec.pub âš2â© âšmonthsâ© ago
I too loved latex before I got into typst. Then I realized I just loved latex because it was the best thing I had at the time
SW42@lemmy.world âš2â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Thank you for sharing! It really looks great! The deal breaker for me is the lack of a self hosted IDE option. Right now I use overleaf in a docker container and as far as I understood their web editor is proprietary. Iâll check it out in the future for sure!
dreugeworst@lemmy.ml âš2â© âšmonthsâ© ago
I believe they have an lsp you can run which should work with lots of editors. not an ide I know, but pretty good still
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world âš2â© âšmonthsâ© ago
Even now iâm not in University anymore I use LaTeX for my CV and any formal letter I have to send.