Quote:Original post by OrangyTang
If you don't want a word processor getting in your way, but still want nice formatting then you might want to try hand-writing Latex documents. Latex is basically a simple markup language which you can write in plain text and then convert to a nice pretty format (like pdf) for actual distribution.
Latex is indeed very pretty. The prettiness comes at the cost of automation, however. When using Latex you take a step back and basically give Latex hints about how you want your document to look. Latex does the rest on its own. It can also be tricky to integrate pictures. However it tends to do beautiful renditions of equations.
