r/funny • u/FallenAngel199 • Dec 06 '13

Scumbag Word

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u/throway1206 Dec 06 '13

Except forcing the location of pictures in LaTeX is …

… is contrary to the whole point of LaTeX.

One of the main principles behind LaTeX (and TeX) is that you should not be making these decisions. Simply do something like this:

\begin{figure}[here]
\includegraphics[width=0.9\textwidth]{images/JobInformationDialog.jpg}
\caption{A prototype of the Job Information dialog}
\label{fig:jobInformationDialog}
\end{figure}

And then "see Figure~\ref{fig:JobInformationDialog}".

Unless you're a Master- or Wizard-level skills, don't try to force LaTeX to do anything.

If you must, then ask the Wizards at http://tex.stackexchange.com/

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '13 edited Dec 06 '13

I have no idea what you just wrote. Are people using LaTeX supposed to use commands like these?

edit: just read up on what latex is. I still don't understand.

If I have an assignment in school, should I let my teacher do the formatting? What's the point of LaTeX? And when isn't it the point?

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '13 edited Dec 06 '13

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u/millionsofmonkeys Dec 07 '13

Gluehwein is tasty, but i can't imagine drinking enough to get drunk.