You can find some example documents here https://texmacs.github.io/notes/docs/example-documents.html.
Other posts on the TeXmacs notes site discuss programmability with Scheme, typesetting math (https://texmacs.github.io/notes/docs/texmacs-math-typesettin..., shows how good the HTML export is), and more.
The best in-depth reference, even counting the astoundingly complete bundled manual, remains The Jolly Writer. It is a beautifully typeset book, available at https://www.scypress.com/book_download.html.
EDIT: missing link, typo
"Integer multiplication in time n(log n)" https://annals.math.princeton.edu/2021/193-2/p04
By the way, I do think TeXmacs is an Emacsen as it provides Guile/Scheme as an extension language, though I don't know how customizable it is. (I think the built-in REPLs for Python/Maxima/Scheme/... are written in Scheme.) And then, it does support quite some TeX commands (and you input them by pressing backslash followed by their command name), so I do think their "TeXmacs" name is very much justified.
In general, it's just a very pragmatic layer on top of LaTeX. I've done a lot of complex ad-hoc formatting in it as well.
With stuff like Overleaf and plugins for modern IDEs, honestly I can’t say LaTeX is a bad experience. It does what it should.
To a lesser degree I also appreciated that the files have a similar feel to XML; I think it makes a lot of sense for this type of document.
I remember hearing about the macro system, but never looked into it. It sounded neat though.
When creating a technical document these days, I'd probably reach for typst though.
I do not have to collaborate with anyone in writing so it does not matter that there are no users among my colleagues.
In my opinion it is superior to all other systems I tried (I tried many and a lot, and all of the main ones). And, importantly, it is equal or superior to the other systems in _all_ respects.
I still pulled through but the thesis looked really basic in the end, and I learned an important lesson that semester.
Still like what is being attempted though! And yeah, the naming doesn't do it any favors...
I'd never heard of it but when I saw the title of this post I practically tripped over myself to click it. Latex and Emacs! From GNU!! How have I not heard of it?
A few lines in to the page. Oh it's nothing to do with either of latex or Emacs.
LaTeX: accomplished typography emacs: control of the interface
It delivers.
I tried it some years ago out of curiosity. Did not seem useful.
LaTeX, vim, sed, awk, the whole Unix toolkit is getting a new lease on life, because their interfaces are text. Text in, text out. An LLM can write you a perfect \begin{tikzpicture} on the first try.
Clicking through a GUI is much harder and instead of the computer doing the work, I feel like I am working. WYSIWYG won because it made functionality discoverable, today we have AI mentors.
Nowadays I find myself using the Mogan fork as I find it’s a little more stable.
But again, awesome project and would highly recommend people to use, not just as a math writing tool, but simply also as a word processor
