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When writing plain-text files with collaborators, such as…

- #LaTeX, for instance on #Overleaf
- #reStructuredText, for instance for use with Sphinx/for @readthedocs
- #Markdown for many purposes.

…a practice I find very helpful is to:

1. Start every sentence on a new line, and
2. Not hard-wrap within sentences.

This makes it MUCH easier to read ordinary diffs and interpret the addition/removal/reordering of sentences, words, paragraphs, etc.

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Was nimmt man unter #Linux für ein bisschen #Buchhaltung und Rechnungen schreiben? #GNUCash ist eine Riesenkanone, ich hab nur Spatzen. Ich mache nur einfache EÜR und schreibe eine Handvoll Rechnungen an Privatpersonen im Monat. Aktuell nutze ich #LibreOffice Calc für Buchhaltung und schreibe Rechnungen mit #LaTeX. Letzteres würde ich gern automatisieren. Serienbrief wäre eine Option, aber vielleicht gibt's da was Besseres. Steuern mache ich mit Elster, das bleibt auch so.

After having done a lot of reviews for conferences again lately, let me give you some advice. If you submit a paper, and there is a Microsoft Word and a LaTeX template: Do yourself, the reviewers, the editors, and the readers a favour: use the #LaTeX template and resist the seemingly easier alternative of Word. Almost all of the formatting errors are because of Word. It looks like shit. On top of that: in case your paper is rejected and you want to submit it to another conference, it's easy if you have content and format separately, it's a PITA if you have to format the whole text and bibliography to adapt to a different style.
Please. Use #TeXLaTeX. It is made for exactly that. #Word is for something else (not sure what tbh).

Recently I felt sudden urge to put my thoughts into a #LaTeX document, and then tweak the layout and typography, of course. It has been a while and I'm filled with nostalgia. 🥲