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Aspects of TeX as it relates to the larger world of software or typesetting, or aspects of its general functioning or nature. This is not a default tag for questions that do not admit an obvious more specific classification; it specifically concerns TeX in general.

Aspects of TeX as it relates to the larger world of software or typesetting, or aspects of its general functioning or nature. This is not a default tag for questions that do not admit an obvious more specific classification; it specifically concerns TeX in general.

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What can't TeX do?

What are TeX's limitations in typography, book design and publishing? (and here TeX also includes all its derivatives, like pdfTeX, LuaTeX, and macro packages built upon it, LaTeX, ConTeXt etc.). Some things (like math and references) are extremely…
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What would you like to change about TeX/LaTeX/XeTeX/etc.?

Like the title says, is there anything about the system you're using that you would like to change? Some annoyance that should be fixed, some feature that could be improved or added?
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Future of TeX and LaTeX

Disclaimer: typically soft question. I was reading about expl3 and LaTeX3 development and try to stumble something about overall future of LaTeX. All I can find is one article. The article mostly covers the output: fonts, encoding, hyphens,…
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How to be 100% sure what you see is what everyone else sees?

I have been writing my formal documents, such as scientific publications, professional CV, cover letter and so on, with TeX. Basically, I write every important document with TeX. Whistle-blower Recently during a paper submission, the format checker…
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Is TeX as word and logo a trade mark?

A few days ago I talked with someone about writing a book about TeX and we came to the question if TeX as a word and its Logo (and the related things like LaTeX, XeTeX, …, package names etc.) are (registered) trademarks or can I use it freely as any…
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Do I need LaTeX?

I read that LaTeX is all about "typesetting". What does that mean? What is typesetting? I read some FAQs, they showed the code, not the output. Following are my needs and I am not sure whether LaTeX is what I need, or I am looking in the wrong…
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Are the talks from TUG 2012 available online as videos?

Are the talks from TUG 2012 available online as videos somewhere? Talks from TUG 2007 to 2011 can be watched at River Valley TV, but I can't find anything from TUG 2012. Are the 2012 talks online? If yes, where should I be looking?
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What license for releasing LaTeX templates

I'm planing to release a LaTeX template to share my adjustments I've worked out for an universty course. My first thought was to release it under CreativeCommons (BY-NC-SA 3.0) but right now I'm not sure if this affects the content of the user he…
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Where to locate careers in TeX?

I already know InDesign but am considering learning TeX. Right now I work in publishing laying out books and magazines but I love typography, English and precision and want to switch to a marketing coordinator position involving RFQ/RFP/Proposal/Bid…
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Addressing the elephant in the room, why the way of writing $\cong$ and $\equiv$ is flipped?

I have been a user of latex for the lest 10 years, and I have always wondered why to write $\equiv$ we use "equiv" if the symbol that appears is usually referred to as the congruence symbol, and to write $\cong$ we use "cong" when the symbol that…
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Diagram showing all tex-related methods/approaches/engines

are you aware of a diagram showing all the connections between tex-related methods/engines. It would use terms such as tex - latex - context - luatex - xetex - xelatex - pdftex - pdflatex - etex and could even be extended to terms like xdvipdfmx and…
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How exactly should I use LaTeX instead of word?

I know that this is not a typical question for this website but I guess the answers can be helpful for a lot of new users of Latex. I'm a PhD student in Chemistry. For the last couple of months I've been trying to get used to Latex. All my research…
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is there a package to produce random quite english text?

im trying to develop a layoutaware OCR system. I would like to unit test parts of the system by creating controlled random text using certain layouts. Afterwards the resulting images undergo controlled deterioration to emulate the scanning process.…
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Why does TeX not have a proper Content Management System?

I am wondering why the Tex community does not have some sort of central Content Management System for version control and bug tracking, say, at CTAN. This community is surely large and mature enough for such an infrastructure, see TX.SX. It is…
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What's the reason why some TeX files compile fine on TeXworks but others don't?

For example, when I download the ShowcaseCircular.tex file from here, I can see it previewed on the PDF viewer. But when I try pp.tex, I get some kind of error on TeXworks. Why is that?
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