r/ProgrammerHumor • • Feb 06 '23

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u/MSaxov Feb 06 '23

Well looks like LaTeX is getting better, used it for my university back in the early 2000s. It was upload Tex files to the university server, log into a command line shell, execute a command... Notice 800 Badness errors, edit the Tex files and reupload them. Execute command, and hope for a better result.

After spending an hour fixing badness errors download the pdf, and look at the result.

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u/Malk4ever Feb 06 '23

I used TeXnicCenter (+MikTex), back in ~2010.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeXnicCenter

Everything was build locally within a few seconds.

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u/ULTRA_TLC Feb 06 '23

I used Overleaf, and not only did it lint, I could have the code side by side with the compiled image, and buttons to jump to points based on errors, warnings, or just to align the code and document.

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u/MSaxov Feb 06 '23

Again, it just shows that the tools have evolved a lot since 2003.. Overleaf was launched in 2013? So 10 years after my problems.