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BlueTemplar
on Jan 13, 2025
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Literate programming: Knuth is doing it wrong (201...
The problem with (La)TeX is that it's designed for fixed layout documents.
Great for print and slides, bad for most digital documents.
WillAdams
on Jan 13, 2025
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One can always just measure the current \textwidth (or other dimension) and make adjustments to typesetting based on that.
BlueTemplar
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This sounds hacky, so probably will be slow and/or buggy.
WillAdams
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It's no slower than any other calculation, and works reliably in my experience.
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Great for print and slides, bad for most digital documents.