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Re: [TeXmacs] An emergency latex mode for unexpected PhD advisor visits?


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  • From: Amir Michail <address@hidden>
  • To: Giovanni Piredda <address@hidden>
  • Cc: address@hidden
  • Subject: Re: [TeXmacs] An emergency latex mode for unexpected PhD advisor visits?
  • Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2019 16:22:59 -0400

> On Jun 1, 2019, at 3:31 PM, Giovanni Piredda <address@hidden> wrote:
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>> Am 01.06.2019 um 20:58 schrieb Amir Michail:
>> Hello,
>>
>> It seems there is a lot of social pressure in academia for using LaTeX and
>> avoiding WYSIWYG. I suspect that PhD students are particularly susceptible
>> to this social pressure and would probably appreciate an emergency latex
>> editing mode that can be activated in less than a second and is at least
>> partially functional. It might come in handy during those unexpected
>> advisor visits.
>>
>> Amir
>
> Hi Amir,
> I disagree that this is a good solution. A better approach is IMO to
> consider whether you can use TeXmacs for your work as a PhD student or not;
> if for example TeXmacs is incompatible with collaboration with other people
> in your workgroup or if your advisor wants you to write in LaTeX (which
> maybe happens rarely, but I do not know), then it is better to use LaTeX.
> Otherwise if your advisor wants to know what program are you writing with,
> you can explain that it is a program built according to the idea that
> structured writing and WYSIWYG can be realized at the same time.

People in academia care more about appearances than being correct about the
superiority of a tool. They don’t want to jeopardize important academic
connections.

Marketing TeXmacs as “forbidden fruit” and providing an emergency LaTeX
editing mode might get it more attention among academics.

Amir
>
> Giovanni
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