does anyone on here use LaTeX to take notes in mathematics lectures? Are you able to get everything down fast enough? I was thinking of learning it, but if i ultimately won't be able to use it in lectures there isn't much point trying at the moment. Cheers for any info on the matter

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Anonymous Tue Nov 29 06:42:57 2011 No.4080673 [Reply] [Original]

does anyone on here use LaTeX to take notes in mathematics lectures? Are you able to get everything down fast enough? I was thinking of learning it, but if i ultimately won't be able to use it in lectures there isn't much point trying at the moment. Cheers for any info on the matter

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 29 06:44:11 2011 No.4080682 I take note is a notebook like a normal human being. I transcribe them into TeX as I review them, which (1)ensures I actually go ever them and (2) gets the stuff into muscle memory a second way. Plus it looks nicer.

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 29 06:45:11 2011 No.4080684 people actually transcribe their notes? I thought that was an urban legend

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 29 06:46:20 2011 No.4080688 >>4080684 If you saw my handwriting, you would understand.

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 29 06:47:27 2011 No.4080691 >>4080682 so have you never tried to take notes directly into TeX

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 29 06:50:51 2011 No.4080694 >>4080691 No. That would be really error-prone. If it's any consolation, you're likely going to have to learn TeX sooner or later. It only takes an afternoon to get the basics.

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 29 06:56:31 2011 No.4080704 >>4080694 hmm I suppose, yeah looking at some stuff now it doesn't look overly tricky to get to grips with. cheers for the help guys.

>>	Anonymous Tue Nov 29 07:20:27 2011 No.4080739 What's this LaTeX?

>>	1 !VTp922VENc Tue Nov 29 07:28:24 2011 No.4080752 >>4080739 https://sites.google.com/site/scienceandmathguide/dashboard2/mathematics Scroll down for the LaTeX section.

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