Questions tagged [wysiwyg]

The {wysiwyg} marks questions about What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get features e.g. with software providing true WYSIWYG or a live preview.

Some software programs related to What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get with LaTeX:

  • Lyx (see also )
  • latexmk with the -pvc (preview continuously) option
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What's the fastest way to preview changes as I learn TeX?

So I am learning LaTeX and I find it slow to test changes. So I'd edit the .tex file, then go to command line, and run pdflatex, wait for it to complete, and then open total commander, and then open the .pdf file. Does anyone know a faster way to…
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WYSIWYG vs LaTeX analogy

There's been an idea in my mind for a while about a comparison of these two kinds of software, that I think I read somewhere. I would like to come back to the reading, about LaTeX, but I don't find the source. The point is that, to compare both…
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Why is "Hello world!" used as the default text in LaTeX?

I always see it everywhere - is it just random and something that has stuck but chance? To me, its like "hello world" as in you are entering a new world of typesetting that's not WYSIWYG
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Optimization used in latex

Can anybody explain which are the optimization algorithms used in latex, that make the difference with wysiwyg editors, like msword?