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We’re pleased to announce the release of LibreOffice 26.2 🥳 (blog.documentfoundation.org)
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[–] Morphit@feddit.uk 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Or Typst. I don't want to learn Typst, but it looks way better than Latex.

[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I used to maintain my resume in latex. I switched to typist. I vastly prefer it. The syntax is much easier to deal with. It really, to me, feels like a worthy successor

[–] namingthingsiseasy@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago

I had the same idea to write my CV in Latex, but then realized it's not such a great idea. I wanted to keep it down to 2 pages, so I ended up having to do a lot of manual formatting (font size, margins, spacing), and the whole point of Latex is that you're supposed to let the typesetter do the formatting for you. So I switched back to Libreoffice.

But if I had a long-form CV, ie. an academic-style CV where you list all publications, conference talks, etc. with no regard to length, then Latex would be ideal for that.

[–] Morphit@feddit.uk 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

For sure, that's what I see. I'm just 'locked in' with Latex since all my colleagues use it and I'm used to a lot of packages there. At some point I'd like to try Typst out but now is not a good time.

[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

For sure. The cost of switching is high since you’re already embedded in its ecosystem with a team. I last wrote serious latex in college and then just maintained my resume in it out of habit.

[–] prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Does it perform as well as (la)tex? Like proper typography and all that nice things

[–] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yes it does. But I would guess it's not yet as powerful as LaTeX, either, but I couldn't cite you specific examples.