Depends on who you ask... LaTeX is a typesetting system that uses plain text commands to format and structure documents. Has a bit of a learning curve. It also (usually) does exactly what you ask it for.

[–] Dingleberry@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So, maybe not worth teaching the in laws, but could be adapted for personal use with some practice?

[–] rainerloeten@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Depends on what you wanna do. Also it's a matter of preferences. For anything more complex than a simple letter or a table I'm using Latex. But although I love Latex, I must acknowledge that for some it's not the right tool.

It has advantages and disadvantages as everything in life ;) Ask your favorite search engine or LLM what those are, I don't feel qualified to elaborate on that.

[–] gornius@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It's a go to solution for scientific papers.