writing a script that does XML manipulation bc "!@# you, no I won't use the GUI" in order to create a 50 page long index for a 1,500 page long book about tractors and blacksmithing and killing pigs is pretty much core Morlock Brand™
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11/ ok, so the feature IS missing and someone needs to write it? well ... over the last 1.5 days, I just wrote it FOR ME, for Open Office.https://twitter.com/JayGSlater/status/1367130380852219906 …
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12/ also, the core issue here is that I AM AWARE of LaTeX and HAVE USED IT and understand exactly what it's capable of ... ... ... and I don't like it.
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13/ I don't know if it was not suitable for me or not. What I know is that I would have to either (a) learn some feature of a software package that I hate, or (b) write some feature for a software toolchain that I like I far far far prefer 'b' https://twitter.com/poutinecurd/status/1367130943606173701 …
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14/ yep, that sounds plausible and it's like the line of dialogue from the TV show The Wire >>>https://twitter.com/JayGSlater/status/1367131261446275074 …
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15/ I could do all of that work, and my reward would be, congrats, now I've got a big bowl of !@# on my plate. I DON'T LIKE LaTeX the end I will not be taking further questions at this timehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjzqO6UOPFQ …
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17/ I ABSOLUTELY concede that LaTeX is without compare for things in the last 3-5% of complexity. but... I am doing very very simple stuff.https://twitter.com/JayGSlater/status/1367132143579762688 …
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