doc: Minor wording improvements of “Using TeX and LaTeX”.

* doc/guix.texi (Using TeX and LaTeX): Tweak.

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@set SUBSTITUTE-URLS https://@value{SUBSTITUTE-SERVER-1} https://@value{SUBSTITUTE-SERVER-2}
@copying
Copyright @copyright{} 2012-2024 Ludovic Courtès@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2012--2025 Ludovic Courtès@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2013, 2014, 2016, 2024 Andreas Enge@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2013 Nikita Karetnikov@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2014, 2015, 2016 Alex Kost@*
@ -49807,9 +49807,9 @@ will not have the desired effect. @xref{Package Transformation Options,
@cindex @LaTeX{} packages
Guix provides packages for the @TeX{}, @LaTeX{}, ConTeXt, LuaTeX, and
related typesetting systems, taken from the
@uref{https://www.tug.org/texlive/, @TeX{} Live distribution}. However,
because @TeX{} Live is so huge and because finding one's way in this
maze is tricky, so this section provides some guidance on how to deploy
@uref{https://www.tug.org/texlive/, @TeX{} Live distribution}.
Because @TeX{} Live is so huge and because finding one's way in this
maze is tricky, this section provides some guidance on how to deploy
the relevant packages to compile @TeX{} and @LaTeX{} documents.
@TeX{} Live currently comes in two mutually exclusive flavors in Guix:
@ -49822,10 +49822,10 @@ single @TeX{} Live package} (roughly 4,200), but it is huge---more than
@item
A ``modular'' @TeX{} Live distribution, in which you only install the
packages, always prefixed with @samp{texlive-}, you need.
packages you need, whose name is always prefixed with @samp{texlive-}.
@end itemize
So to insist, these two flavors cannot be combined@footnote{No rule
To insist, these two flavors cannot be combined@footnote{No rule
without exception! As the monolithic @TeX{} Live does not contain the
@command{biber} executable, it is okay to combine it with
@code{texlive-biber}, which does.}. If in the modular setting your