Context: LaTeX is a typesetting system. When compiling a document, a lot of really in-depth debugging information is printed, which can be borderline incomprehensible to anyone but LaTeX experts. It can also be a visual hindrance when looking for important information like errors.

  • @Treczoks@lemmy.world
    4•2 months ago

    You could have used a thin space every four or eight hex digits, showing that it is not really a space but making it easier to read.

    But you cannot blame TeX for not being able to break such a construct.

    • borari
      2•2 months ago

      Oh I don’t blame it at all, I totally realize I threw a weird edge case at it! If it sounded like I was slagging TeX I didn’t mean it that way at all.