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I usually just install it and it's fine; I don't play with directories. Perhaps you can move the directory and run texhash to update the contents. Or, just reinstall, if there's an issue. Takes some time, but not more space if you delete the previous installation. :-)

Stefan

Think I'll just ...

Overleaf has a rich text editor feature. I did not see another editor for switching between visual text and code.

Cool thanks, not really looking for online editing. :-)

I have one last question...

When I installed LaTeX Live I made a typo in texlive.profile, leaving out the 'texlive' directory ...

Hi sub,

welcome to the forum!

As a former researcher and illustrator, you may love TikZ in LaTeX!
TikZ.net : huge gallery by several authors, mostly science
TeXample.net : large gallery by hundreds of authors
pgfplots.net : plots and diagrams
TikZ.org : examples of my book

Regarding editors ...

Hi,

this is my first post!

I'm more or less a newbie, except that LaTeX was my introduction to programming in the mid nineties, and the reason I learned first PostScript, then elisp (I used emacs and GhostScript as an IDE). I've since had a career as a software engineer, mostly working with C++ on ...