Context: LaTeX is a typesetting system. When compiling a document, a lot of really in-depth debugging information is printed, which can be borderline incomprehensible to anyone but LaTeX experts. It can also be a visual hindrance when looking for important information like errors.

  • bleistift2@sopuli.xyz
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    5 months ago

    Yeees, I forgot all about the non-existent module system.

    – Professor: Here’s the template for your thesis.

    – There are, like, 50 lines of macro imports here. Which modules does this need?

    – Fuck if I know. You want my installation? It’s only 50GB.

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      5 months ago

      Just let me use the university wide template everyone uses instead of having a dedicated template for your department that looks like shit, uses a shitty ass font, and integrates packages I despise. god fucking dammit