What does one use to make formatted documents (such as articles, papers, slides, etc) without Office & such?

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As a VIM user, I'm so happy not to have to use the mouse for my programming works. I don't know much about markup languages, though, so I still have to use Office and other mouse-based software to create documents. What are the options available that go well with VIM?

TeX (and LaTeX)! But this question is out of scope on this site, I think. — m4573r, Dec 18 '13 at 23:01
Because it sounds like software recommendation, and is mostly opinion based I think. — m4573r, Dec 18 '13 at 23:02
But I'm not asking for specific software, I'm asking for the kind of software I need, ie, "What do I use to access sites? A: browsers" instead of "What is the best browser out there?" — MaiaVictor, Dec 18 '13 at 23:03

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

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LaTeX

LaTeX would definitely be your best bet.

This answer also has a couple of good links.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

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answered Dec 18 '13 at 23:16

Deesbek

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What's great is that there's in an entire StackExchange site dedicated to LaTeX! [TeX.SE] – Michael Frank Dec 18 '13 at 23:19
@MichaelFrank you should be working for them - ;-) – Deesbek Dec 18 '13 at 23:20
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Not if you saw how many times I had to edit that comment to get the mark up to work. D: – Michael Frank Dec 18 '13 at 23:20
Know exactly what you mean. – Deesbek Dec 18 '13 at 23:21

What does one use to make formatted documents (such as articles, papers, slides, etc) without Office & such?

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LaTeX