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I 🖤 LaTeX (mander.xyz)

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[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Wait is the TeX not short for “text”? I’ve always pronounced them the same.

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[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago

The "X" is the greek letter, pronounced like the ch in Bach. Knuth explains this in the TeXbook, think TeXnician, not TeXpert.

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