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    Comment #6298550

    You can also do this right in Javascript on the client side using ImageMagick. see http://manuels.github.io/unix-toolbox.js/ and https://github.com/manuels/unix-toolbox.js-imagemag…

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    Comment #6086139

    why does it want permission to my github account at all?

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    Comment #5714634

    The GNU Privacy Guard suite was ported using Mozilla's emscripten [1] and requires a recent browser with window.crypto.getRandomValues() support (e.g. Chrome or the Firefox release…

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    Comment #5489525

    Tobias Schneider's barcode scanner [1] is a great example for a simple bar code scanner ( I hope you like it. [1] https://gist.github.com/tobeytailor/421369 [2] http://www.exactcod…

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    Comment #5084822

    Thanks ivan_ah! I really didn't expect so much positive response! Yes, the main work is done in the webworker (~250kb) + the tex format file latex.fmt (~700kb)

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    Comment #5084600

    Really?! I didn't expect that! (I don't run Windows, and so I didn't try it in IE.) Good to know, thanks!

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    Comment #5084263

    I added support for packages (you might have to refresh your browser's cache). The first package supported is geometry. If you want to add another, append the required files to the…

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    Comment #5083890

    Sad to hear that. I don't use Safari, but maybe it cannot compete with the JS engines of Firefox and Chrome's version of the Webkit engine. This script reqiures a lot of computatio…

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    Comment #5083838

    Yes, the font file for italic fonts are currently missing (See https://github.com/manuels/texlive.js/issues/1 ) I could not figure out which file is missing, yet. but as soon as I …

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    Comment #5083833

    Latex packages are not supported automatically. The script has to download the required files in advance which is currently only done for the font file etc. In theory one could sea…

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    Comment #5083820

    No, emscripten emulates a virtual unix filesystem. That's why you see this error on a Windows machine.

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    Comment #5083800

    Thanks for your hints! I added a 'Open PDF' button to circumvent popup blockers. Yes, I used emscripten to port it to Javascript. It was not that hard. Emscripten had three bugs I …