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		gnulinux on Sept 4, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Writing a book in the age of open source How does one write something like a math textbook in Word, I'm curious how it's even possible. Do you handwrite every single formula in the point-and-click UI, wouldn't that be extremely time consuming and expensive?

themadturk on Sept 5, 2024 [–]

Probably anyone publishing a math textbook would be happy to receive LaTeX files. Math book publishers are a tiny part of the publishing world.

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