Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 09:07:38 -0600 From: Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> Subject: Re: Technological advantages over Linux Message-ID: <D640D439-5637-4121-8BEC-12F03B8D64EA@kicp.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <20200216145147.2235135b70d9f45f6203af05@sohara.org> References: <20200214121620.GA80657@admin.sibptus.ru> <CAHieY7Ss0SftTD6S%2Bk2OkX-PinTwzEXGQwz1twmwZ5ZMndpc%2Bg@mail.gmail.com> <1848571509.3253011.1581719423989@mail.yahoo.com> <20200215195303.464e585a.freebsd@edvax.de> <20200215202033.6c856b8f7639b304d96e68ce@sohara.org> <20200215215825.5d3c9a1a@archlinux> <20200215211542.e8cc2827fc4664ea4bcad918@sohara.org> <20200215223449.355a9ac9@archlinux> <20200215223649.40196f37@archlinux> <20200215232623.7995b06e@archlinux> <20200215231508.ca17067a03bc9c71840c38ee@sohara.org> <20200216073823.498be8f2@scorpio> <20200216145147.2235135b70d9f45f6203af05@sohara.org>
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> On Feb 16, 2020, at 8:51 AM, Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> = wrote: >=20 > On Sun, 16 Feb 2020 07:38:23 -0500 > Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> wrote: >=20 >> Unfortunately, because so >> much of my work has to be shared among several users, and LaTeX does >> not offer a suitable way of having a multitude of users edit a = document >> for review, with each edit being kept isolated from the final >> document >=20 > LaTeX plus git plus GitHub/Lab achieves that result rather well. >=20 We had locally subversion + LaTeX. But commercial service overleaf.com = which was mentioned on this thread beats it. Also, new generation of = scientists are less keen about "programming style=E2=80=9D TeX = (incidentally, TeX was created as programming language to program = typesetting machines), and prefer GUI style everything, like kids = playing cubes=E2=80=A6 Still, whatever helps them to be productive is = the best tools to use. Valeri > --=20 > Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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