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mgubi
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GNU Texmacs
It is used regularly to write academic papers (examples here <
https://www.texmacs.org/joris/main/publs.html
>) and thesis, examples here: <
https://github.com/texmacs/tm-forge/tree/main/examples/these...
> and here <
https://texmacs.github.io/notes/docs/example-documents.html
>. It is used to write lecture notes and to deliver lectures online (e.g. here
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjXdYclFpynDi7EYP95Ep...
). It can be used to produce full static website (e.g. here <
https://mgubi.github.io/docs/main.html
>, here <
https://www.texmacs.org/tmweb/home/welcome.en.html
> and here <
https://texmacs.github.io/notes/docs/main.html
>). There are not many users, but it is a working software with regular updates, since ~2000. Who compare it to LaTeX or Typst miss the point that it is a software designed to render writing
a lot
of mathematics easier and more importantly to not loose focus in irrelevant details. It has a
visual
macro system (see e.g. <
https://x.com/gnu_texmacs/status/1251554336842407938
>), something I haven't seen elsewhere, in production software. It is a
structure editor
, and an exploration of the design space in scientific editors. A field which lacks innovation and creativity.
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