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		ThePowerOfFuet on March 7, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Autogenerating a Book Series from Three Years of i... >My first approach at this LaTeX generation is quite simple: align left if the message is from me and right otherwise Isn't that backwards?

g4zj on March 7, 2024 | [–]

Perhaps the book is a gift for the person on the other side of the messages in question.

suddenclarity on March 7, 2024 | | [–]

It is. I thought the author just mistyped in the post but looking at the repository example it's indeed backwards.

wantlotsofcurry on March 7, 2024 | [–]

Maybe they wanted it from/for the other persons perspective for some reason?

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