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Re: LaTeX Workflow on iPad

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Post by sfotm »

n1000 wrote: post #38
pvmcos wrote: post #28

I love my iPad. Compared to windows at work it's way more reliable and polished. I've been shifting over my computer interaction to the iPad with good results and improvements in convenience, independence and efficiency. Migrating rss, mail, web browsing and content consummation has been successful. I too started using the calendar, to do list and notes app to great effect. Only programming I wasn't able to change ye…

> The best thing about iPadOS is control. It feels so relaxing not having to worry about discord scanning all your processes and files just because you want to chat with your friends. I hope they'll never go back to allowing unsigned code. It felt like a loss of control when I learned recently that facebook uses a loophole to exchange data with Whatsapp... https://medium.com/@gzanon/no-end-to-end-encryption-does-not.…

>It felt like a loss of control when I learned recently that facebook uses a loophole to exchange data with Whatsapp... https://medium.com/@gzanon/no-end-to-end-encryption-does-not....

That's not what the article is saying - the linked article says that there may be a way for Facebook to do this, but there is no proof that they are. That still leaves room to say that maybe there should be user controls against these app extensions, though.

Re: LaTeX Workflow on iPad

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Post by mtone »

freehunter wrote: post #55
glormph wrote: post #47

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Some years ago I read an article through HN by someone who did their programming on an ipad through SSH (and bluetooth mac keyboard) and ditched the laptop. Pictures of croissants in the sun outside in Munich. Got me very inspired. But in the end I decided on a stationary box at work/home, and a MB Air for when not at the desk (or on the sofa). Works great and doesn't weigh much anyway. The main problem with the tabl…

I read that series of articles every now and again because it sells a wonderful dream. The idea of being a highly mobile outdoorsman hacking code across the city is appealing. I also love the single-minded workflow of iOS, only one application is vying for your attention at a single moment. Anything else just pops in to let you know and then pops out. And working on a remote server is awesome, since the hardware does…

What are the benefits of this limited, paying cloud system over just RDP to your workstation?

Re: LaTeX Workflow on iPad

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Post by ajford »

AceJohnny2 wrote: post #10

I don't see TeXPad mentioned anywhere. An iOS LaTeX environment, featured here a few years ago: https://www.texpad.com/blog/latex-ported-to-ipad https://www.texpad.com/ios

My Stellar Astrophysics prof wrote his textbook in TeXPad back in it's early days. Between that, his iPad, and a bluetooth keyboard case, he wrote the entire book over the course of 2 years I think. Aside from some final polish, diagrams, and various references, all text was written on the go.

This is the book itself: https://www.springer.com/us/book/9781441999900#aboutBook

Re: LaTeX Workflow on iPad

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Post by pjmlp »

robenkleene wrote: post #59
pjmlp wrote: post #50

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Having a CLI isn't surely part of it for 99% of the consumers, neither in 1999 nor in 2019.

I always think this is such an odd sentiment. That 1% builds 100% of the software for the other 99%. Doesn't that make them disproportionately more important?

No, because many developers are part of that 99%.

Being a developer is not a synonym to be enamored with an UNIX CLI.

In fact, a graphical REPL is much more powerful.

So no, that 1% does not target the other 99%.

Re: LaTeX Workflow on iPad

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Post by freehunter »

mtone wrote: post #62
freehunter wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I read that series of articles every now and again because it sells a wonderful dream. The idea of being a highly mobile outdoorsman hacking code across the city is appealing. I also love the single-minded workflow of iOS, only one application is vying for your attention at a single moment. Anything else just pops in to let you know and then pops out. And working on a remote server is awesome, since the hardware does…

What are the benefits of this limited, paying cloud system over just RDP to your workstation?

As I mentioned in my original post:

>my personal laptop just doesn't have the RAM or disk space to hold all of that

Re: LaTeX Workflow on iPad

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Post by robenkleene »

pjmlp wrote: post #64
robenkleene wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I always think this is such an odd sentiment. That 1% builds 100% of the software for the other 99%. Doesn't that make them disproportionately more important?

No, because many developers are part of that 99%. Being a developer is not a synonym to be enamored with an UNIX CLI. In fact, a graphical REPL is much more powerful. So no, that 1% does not target the other 99%.

Liking using something is a bit different than having to use something. Are you saying you don't think the majority of developers need to use the command line for things like git, npm/general dependency management, running local web servers, compiling apps, continuous integration, etc...?

Re: LaTeX Workflow on iPad

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Post by pjmlp »

robenkleene wrote: post #66
pjmlp wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, because many developers are part of that 99%. Being a developer is not a synonym to be enamored with an UNIX CLI. In fact, a graphical REPL is much more powerful. So no, that 1% does not target the other 99%.

Liking using something is a bit different than having to use something. Are you saying you don't think the majority of developers need to use the command line for things like git, npm/general dependency management, running local web servers, compiling apps, continuous integration, etc...?

Yes, that is a tiny portion of what being a developer is all about.

Not everyone is writing UNIX daemons, stuck in UNIX workflows.

As I said, a graphical REPL for scripting languages is much more powerful.

Re: LaTeX Workflow on iPad

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Post by robenkleene »

pjmlp wrote: post #67
robenkleene wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Liking using something is a bit different than having to use something. Are you saying you don't think the majority of developers need to use the command line for things like git, npm/general dependency management, running local web servers, compiling apps, continuous integration, etc...?

Yes, that is a tiny portion of what being a developer is all about. Not everyone is writing UNIX daemons, stuck in UNIX workflows. As I said, a graphical REPL for scripting languages is much more powerful.

If you're talking about web developers, then the majority literally are writing Unix daemons[1]

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_syste...

Again, I'm not talking about what's more powerful, and I'm not saying that everyone works this way, but I am suggesting the majority of developers do need the command line to do their job.

Unfortunately, I'm not aware of any usage statistics for the command line in isolation. But if you look at the most popular technologies, e.g., Node[2], then you can most likely extrapolate that the majority of developers are working with the command line.

[2]: https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#technology-_-...

Re: LaTeX Workflow on iPad

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Post by pjmlp »

robenkleene wrote: post #60
pjmlp wrote: post #18

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So all Macs up to OS X weren't usable it seems.

This comment is hilarious. Apple switches from Classic Mac OS to OS X, the defining difference being that OS X has Unix underpinnings. Apple then goes from almost going out of business to being one of richest companies in the world (sometimes the richest). And this is supposed to be evidence that the command line isn't important?

Sure, as if Steve Jobs had nothing to do with it.

Re: LaTeX Workflow on iPad

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Post by pjmlp »

robenkleene wrote: post #68
pjmlp wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, that is a tiny portion of what being a developer is all about. Not everyone is writing UNIX daemons, stuck in UNIX workflows. As I said, a graphical REPL for scripting languages is much more powerful.

If you're talking about web developers, then the majority literally are writing Unix daemons[1] [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_syste... Again, I'm not talking about what's more powerful, and I'm not saying that everyone works this way, but I am suggesting the majority of developers do need the command line to do their job. Unfortunately, I'm not aware of any usage statistics for the comma…

Since we are speaking about Apple ecosystem here, most devs live in XCode.

Just like we used to live on MPW and Metrowerks before.

Scripting is perfectly doable from macros and IDE callable scripts.

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