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R E K

It really sucks to have to wrestle with LaTex errors when trying to generate a PDF with Pandoc after a system update

Apparently no two Tex binaries play well together. So whatever was installed is causing trouble with what was already on my machine (I *think* this is what this kerfuffle is about). I've got other issues too, tho, I am figuring it out, but it's a such a pain.

I just wanna work on my book dammit :angy:

#thevent

29 Sep 2023 at 15:48 | Open on merveilles.town
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R E K

Note that using LaTex/Pandoc is usually pretty painless, this is the first time I've had issues with it.

29 Sep 2023 at 15:49 | Open on merveilles.town
Ed Cashin

@rek Can you use pdflatex to avoid the need for pandoc?

29 Sep 2023 at 15:57 | Open on bayes.club
R E K

@edtyping Pandoc isn't the problem though (i use it for converting documents often anyway). It's just LaTex that's causing issues.

29 Sep 2023 at 16:09 | Open on merveilles.town
Martin Quinson ⏚

@rek what source markup do you use when using pandoc? I'm goofing around with markdown+pandoc, but I'm not sure I'm willing to do anything serious with it for now.

29 Sep 2023 at 21:25 | Open on mastodon.social
R E K

@emptty im using Markdown too mostly, for my book projects. With a bit of LaTeX variables when making PDFs

29 Sep 2023 at 21:52 | Open on merveilles.town
Csepp 🌢

@rek Upgrades have bit me in the ass too many times. It sucks, but the only solution is to have snapshots. There is no useful system that is simple enough to not require backups/snapshots.

/me just nuked its Alpine install on its RPi and has no way to undo it.

It really sucks that Guix and Nix are not more nomad-friendly.

29 Sep 2023 at 17:43 | Open on merveilles.town
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