That wouldn’t fix the issue though. The problem seems to be that most people only put out a PDF file when sharing slides, and never end up sharing the source file (the .pptx or .tex file).
This is likely because PDF became the “file that everyone can open”, just in their web browser. It’s the next best thing to a web page for non-techie consumption. Yes, there’s no reason people can’t open pptx in most cases, but I bet various endpoint protection and just not understanding how to even pick the right program to open the file steps in.
Typst isn’t bad. I like it for it’s font handling over LaTeX. However, if the font you want has a package, it’s better to go with LaTeX for its portability.
Ew no way. Best way to make document structure portable, or to move prose or visuals between contexts. It’s also exceptional if you want to automatically generate documentation with code or services that generate graphics.
ALSO you can version control it with git which is a good enough reason in and of itself unless you can use markdown for your purposes instead.
I would have to agree with dream_weasel. It’s all about portability. Though, I would like to add on accurate reproducibility. LibreOffice’s font rendering differs from system to system. A typesetting system like roff, TeX, and Typst aims to be reproducible, with TeX being the most as it uses packages and its own font format for rendering. The same argument can be made with MIDI vs Module. While MIDI can be used everywhere, all it is is just note data and metrics. Modules contain all of that plus the sample data, allowing for near perfect reproduction.
I’m a neovim guy myself, so mostly I’m in markdown. Most of the latex stuff is for document production and it’s easy as keeping a skeleton file with the includes set up on a letter heading. If I have something that NEEDS to be printed and markdown wont do it, I’m definitely using latex not libre. I’m not sure I can even use any kind of writing tool without vim bindings anymore anyway.
You know, if we were taught to use something like LaTeX, this wouldn’t be an issue because of BEAMER
That wouldn’t fix the issue though. The problem seems to be that most people only put out a PDF file when sharing slides, and never end up sharing the source file (the
.pptxor.texfile).This is likely because PDF became the “file that everyone can open”, just in their web browser. It’s the next best thing to a web page for non-techie consumption. Yes, there’s no reason people can’t open pptx in most cases, but I bet various endpoint protection and just not understanding how to even pick the right program to open the file steps in.
The stuff just like Firefox automatically downloading files but opening pdf by default is small but can make all the difference.
I’ll take typst any day over latex lol
Typst isn’t bad. I like it for it’s font handling over LaTeX. However, if the font you want has a package, it’s better to go with LaTeX for its portability.
Me reading the intro in their docs:
“Ok so this is just like Typora”
“But it uses weird symbols for everything”
“Oh wait, now they’re referencing a figure…”
“Holy shit it can make a bibliography”
This is a pretty awesome tool at first glance. I’ll have to check it out further.
Excuse me, what is a Typora?
I don’t know.
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Ew no way. Best way to make document structure portable, or to move prose or visuals between contexts. It’s also exceptional if you want to automatically generate documentation with code or services that generate graphics.
ALSO you can version control it with git which is a good enough reason in and of itself unless you can use markdown for your purposes instead.
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I would have to agree with dream_weasel. It’s all about portability. Though, I would like to add on accurate reproducibility. LibreOffice’s font rendering differs from system to system. A typesetting system like roff, TeX, and Typst aims to be reproducible, with TeX being the most as it uses packages and its own font format for rendering. The same argument can be made with MIDI vs Module. While MIDI can be used everywhere, all it is is just note data and metrics. Modules contain all of that plus the sample data, allowing for near perfect reproduction.
I’m a neovim guy myself, so mostly I’m in markdown. Most of the latex stuff is for document production and it’s easy as keeping a skeleton file with the includes set up on a letter heading. If I have something that NEEDS to be printed and markdown wont do it, I’m definitely using latex not libre. I’m not sure I can even use any kind of writing tool without vim bindings anymore anyway.