I love the idea behind LaTeX, but one of the things I struggle with is that almost every other formatting language has a simple WYSIWYG editor available. I’ve searched quite a bit and they all seem to rely on a decent amount of pre-existing knowledge to get started.
Is there something I’m missing or do I just have to power through the syntax? I personally struggle without being able to experiment with a GUI and work my way backwards.
It’s definitely a change in thinking. I fell in love with latex when I discovered it over 20 years ago. Finally the software would only do things I commanded it to. Word or any word clone makes me want to throw my computer out the window.
otacon239@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I love the idea behind LaTeX, but one of the things I struggle with is that almost every other formatting language has a simple WYSIWYG editor available. I’ve searched quite a bit and they all seem to rely on a decent amount of pre-existing knowledge to get started.
Is there something I’m missing or do I just have to power through the syntax? I personally struggle without being able to experiment with a GUI and work my way backwards.
thisfro@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
Not really WYSIWYG, but typst might be an easier start. They try to be the latex successor. I haven’t really used it though
rescue_toaster@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
It’s definitely a change in thinking. I fell in love with latex when I discovered it over 20 years ago. Finally the software would only do things I commanded it to. Word or any word clone makes me want to throw my computer out the window.