Markdown and LaTeX Editor

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Post by ommunist » Thu, Aug 13, 2015, 7:05 PM UTC

Re: Markdown and LaTeX Editor

#2

Post by robinhoodexe » Thu, Aug 13, 2015, 7:21 PM UTC

I'm quite amazed at how responsive it feels compared to sharelatex or the likes. It's extremely simple. I like it. I may not use it myself, but I'll mention it to friends who are learning LaTeX.

Re: Markdown and LaTeX Editor

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Post by haddr » Thu, Aug 13, 2015, 7:33 PM UTC

I really like it! It seems lightweight, and editing is almost instant.

What i'm not quite sure is what is the subset of available latex commands? Can you use only math formulas or there is also something else?

Re: Markdown and LaTeX Editor

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Post by chestervonwinch » Thu, Aug 13, 2015, 7:39 PM UTC

Does this use mathjax? It doesn't seem to send my CPU into a whirlwind when typing latex as mathjax sometimes does (although I didn't test it for very long). I enjoy that there's more of a pause between typing the latex and seeing the updated version. I hate how some sites bounce up and down due to formatting on every keyup when editing latex.

Re: Markdown and LaTeX Editor

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Post by stared » Thu, Aug 13, 2015, 7:41 PM UTC

See also rMarkdown (http://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/) for Markdown supporting LaTeX (and bunch of other things) and its real-time editor editR (https://github.com/swarm-lab/editR).

Or for a longer list/discussion: https://hackpad.com/New-scientific-markup-language-utAjFcYuv... (it includes https://stackedit.io/).

Re: Markdown and LaTeX Editor

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Post by unknownknowns » Thu, Aug 13, 2015, 7:46 PM UTC

chestervonwinch wrote: post #4

Does this use mathjax? It doesn't seem to send my CPU into a whirlwind when typing latex as mathjax sometimes does (although I didn't test it for very long). I enjoy that there's more of a pause between typing the latex and seeing the updated version. I hate how some sites bounce up and down due to formatting on every keyup when editing latex.

Looks like it compiles the Markdown locally but for LaTeX it sends each source snippet to their server to compile: http://tex.s2cms.ru

Re: Markdown and LaTeX Editor

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Post by hzhou321 » Thu, Aug 13, 2015, 7:46 PM UTC

chestervonwinch wrote: post #4

Does this use mathjax? It doesn't seem to send my CPU into a whirlwind when typing latex as mathjax sometimes does (although I didn't test it for very long). I enjoy that there's more of a pause between typing the latex and seeing the updated version. I hate how some sites bounce up and down due to formatting on every keyup when editing latex.

It appears to be (realtime) server rendered svg.

Re: Markdown and LaTeX Editor

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Post by hyperhopper » Thu, Aug 13, 2015, 7:46 PM UTC

I have the same setup in atom using Markdown Preview Plus (https://atom.io/packages/markdown-preview-plus)

Works amazing and is offline, I highly recommend it.

Re: Markdown and LaTeX Editor

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Post by flying_whale » Thu, Aug 13, 2015, 7:50 PM UTC

I have been using https://stackedit.io/ a lot for Markdown editing and have loved it's simple and straightforward preview interface.

For LaTeX, I've used https://www.overleaf.com/ till now.

From my initial interactions with this editor, it just might prove to be a single replacement for both the above sites!

Re: Markdown and LaTeX Editor

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Post by Numberwang » Thu, Aug 13, 2015, 7:52 PM UTC

hyperhopper wrote: post #8

I have the same setup in atom using Markdown Preview Plus ( https://atom.io/packages/markdown-preview-plus ) Works amazing and is offline, I highly recommend it.

This webpage on whatever backwoods Russian server he is using seems a lot snappier though...