From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paul Rudin Subject: Re: Efficiency of Org v. LaTeX v. Word Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 18:19:25 +0000 Message-ID: <86sifvwuky.fsf@rudin.co.uk> References: <864msh76hs.fsf@rudin.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org To: emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org M writes: >> Von: Paul Rudin >> >> No mention of emacs... who uses anything else to prepare their LaTeX? >> > Did you forget the " ;-)" or are you serious? I wasn't being entirely serious; but I was alluding to a serious point. You can't really compare a command line typesetting system alone with a word processor. To make a proper comparison you'd have to look at the complete toolchain. For example, some of the errors are typos. Word, of course, has a speil chucker. Did the LaTeX users use an editor that highlights such errors? But as others have pointed out the more fundamental problem with the study is that it tries to assess secretarial or copy-editing skills rather than authoring skills. (I haven't actually read the paper, just what has been said in this thread.)