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Tex has been used in the scientific community for quite some time. Many
universities require it for thesis submission. Before the days of WYSIWYG
editors, it was the best thing for entering complex equations and graphics
into your documents. You can get plugins for many common editors to support
creating tex documents. It is debatible that this is the best route to go
nowadays.

On 9/26/05, Courtney Thomas <ccthomas at joimail.com> wrote:
>
> I've, for the first time, encountered documentation in the form of ~.tex
> files, for a scientific suite of programs and don't know how to make use
> of it.
>
> For example, how do you just simply view the files ?
>
> What's the merit of using Tex for documentation vis-a-vis alternatives ?
>
> Guidance appreciated,
>
> Courtney
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