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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.

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (7 children)

If you work with LaTeX for five years and still have no idea what a hbox is or what that message means, you should not consider naming this "experience".

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Ok, go on then, tell the class what underfull hbox is. And no googling!

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

I already explained this in my post of yesterday in this thread. I've been the TeX admin at our university in my student times. I've been creating styles and \shipout macros. I know this stuff inside out. Heck, I've even read good parts of the source to understand some finer points.

[–] agelord@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

"Using LaTeX" and and "programing with LaTeX" are very different things. For most people, LaTeX is a means to an end, for you LaTeX is your whole job. You're the exception, and exception can not be an example.

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