THE VIDEO SHELF · latex in word
WordTeX - A WYSIPCTWOTCG Typesetting Tool
Tom Wildenhain's SIGBOVIK 2018 presentation of WordTeX, a Microsoft Word template that mimics LaTeX typesetting output. It is a joke research project executed with serious effort.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN people recommend it as an entertaining example of great effort on a trivial problem, and cite the template in LaTeX-versus-Word discussions.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Tom Wildenhain
- Topic
- latex in word
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Sigbovik is a joke conference put on by CMU students. About 80%-90% of the papers each year are pure jokes, but about 10-20% of them are jokes that have a nontrivial amount of work backing them up. These papers are awesome. Tom publishes at least …
UncleMeat on Hacker News · 2023-07
In C89 compiler produces printable executables from C code [pdf]There's also WordTeX, a "WYSIPCTWOTCG" editor. There's a paper [1], but this is a rare case where the Youtube video [2] is both more entertaining and the medium lets the content shine. [1] [LINK] [2] [VIDEO]
amhouse on Hacker News · 2018-08
In LyX: combine the power of LaTeX with the ease of use of a graphical interfaceIf you're a fan of this, you might like; "WordTeX - A WYSIPCTWOTCG Typesetting Tool" [1] [VIDEO] (video)
gitgud on Hacker News · 2020-05
In Show HN: LaTeX.css – Make your website look like a LaTeX document
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