| >Nobody would be LaTeXing instead of using MS Word or Adobe Illustrator. Hahaha. Have you tried to write a piece of mathematics in MS Word? I did. It's a torture I wouldn't wish on anyone I know. Mathematicians are all about convenience; so much so that proprietary LaTeX Editors were quite popular before FOSS caught up (remember WinEdt?). But LaTeX itself - it's the most convenient tool to write and share mathematics that's ever been made. It's unsurpassed. It's required if you want to publish, because all the journals use LaTeX, and most math books are made with LaTeX. It's so good that people will literally think you are an idiot if you are not using it[1] and won't believe your results. And ArXiV, have you heard of ArXiV? No LaTeX, no ArXiV. And trust me, most mathematicians don't care much about FOSS. But they care about not spending too much effort on making their results presentable and shareable. LaTeX -> PDF is the path of least resistance. [1]https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=304 |