#!/bin/sh # # As cool as it is to write your papers in a *vim terminal*, # sometimes the basics just work, and that's all you need to # get stuff done. # # LibreOffice has improved a lot over the years. It also works # great with KDE. Give it a try. # # Note that we use `libreoffice-still` instead of # `libreoffice-fresh` due to the save window bug with KDE and GTK. # # Edit: Actually, maybe writing things with Vim is still the better # option. This makes whatever you write a lot more portable since # you use a human readable file format that someone has probably # written a library for in other languages. You also end up with # a whole lot better git support. # # LibreOffice Math is very difficult to use compared to simply # using LaTeX. The amount of clicking required for a basic # formula takes a lot of effort and the cryptic commands used # in its shell don't follow LaTeX at all. # # LibreOffice Base seems like an attempt to bring database # management to less-savvy users, but traditional command line # interaction with the database seems like the better option here. # # Draw and Impress seem like both are easier to future-proof and # accomplish with web technologies. # # For me, it seems like I'll only use LibreOffice Writer and # LibreOffice Calc (although even then I'm not so sure since # there are other data formats out there that I'm familiar # with and able to work with. # # https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Libreoffice set -xe sudo pacman -S libreoffice-still