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We’re pleased to announce the release of LibreOffice 26.2 🥳 (blog.documentfoundation.org)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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[–] 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I used to maintain my resume in latex. I switched to typist. I vastly prefer it. The syntax is much easier to deal with. It really, to me, feels like a worthy successor

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    I had the same idea to write my CV in Latex, but then realized it's not such a great idea. I wanted to keep it down to 2 pages, so I ended up having to do a lot of manual formatting (font size, margins, spacing), and the whole point of Latex is that you're supposed to let the typesetter do the formatting for you. So I switched back to Libreoffice.

    But if I had a long-form CV, ie. an academic-style CV where you list all publications, conference talks, etc. with no regard to length, then Latex would be ideal for that.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    For sure, that's what I see. I'm just 'locked in' with Latex since all my colleagues use it and I'm used to a lot of packages there. At some point I'd like to try Typst out but now is not a good time.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    For sure. The cost of switching is high since you’re already embedded in its ecosystem with a team. I last wrote serious latex in college and then just maintained my resume in it out of habit.

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