{"id":2899,"date":"2024-08-31T13:54:24","date_gmt":"2024-08-31T17:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/?p=2899"},"modified":"2024-08-31T13:54:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T17:54:24","slug":"new-found-love-for-latex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lufamily.ca\/kang\/2024\/08\/31\/new-found-love-for-latex\/","title":{"rendered":"New Found Love for LaTeX"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a previous post called, Scaled Solar System<\/a>, I used \"\LaTeX\"<\/strong> for math equations. Recently I needed the ability to create a few documents that are mostly works in progress, and I wanted the ability to track the progress of these documents using git<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Traditional word processing tools like Google Docs or Microsoft Word are insufficient because tracking changes with Microsoft Word is simply too difficult to deal with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both my wife and I are about to travel to China in November and we had several disparate itineraries from various airlines, tour operators, hotels, and such. In the past, I usually used Microsoft Excel to create a combined itinerary. However, last year I tried to keep the combined itinerary in the iOS Notes App. Both solutions were less than ideal. Excel proved too difficult to edit on the go because I either had to use the mobile Excel app or open up my laptop. Once changes are made it would be difficult to track the changes that I made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the iOS Notes App, editing the cells within a table is okay for simple stuff, but for a complicated itinerary, the formatting capabilities simply did not exist. The tracking of changes was also an issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This time around, I am going to use \"\LaTeX\"<\/strong>. I have not used \"\LaTeX\"<\/strong> since I wrote my fourth-year thesis back at University of Toronto, that would be 33 years ago!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It took me some time to set up my Neovim environment for \"\LaTeX\" editing and previewing. The MacTeX package is an excellent all-in-one package for my Mac. After about a couple days, I was able to create a master itinerary with all the attached source itineraries, all delivered in a single PDF document. I am also able to create hyperlinks within the PDF so that I can jump to the source itinerary or booking information from the master itinerary entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The resulting PDF master itinerary has been very satisfactory. It was fulfilling to once again work with \"\LaTeX\"<\/strong>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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