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Re: Online collaborative LaTeX editor

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Post by beck5 »

stared wrote: post #6

The is also http://www.scribtex.com/ (unfortunately, going down, but was nice, also supporting Git access), https://www.sharelatex.com/ . And for short LaTeX text, there is http://mathb.in/ . Also, http://www.scigit.com/ looks promising (not working yet, though). See also: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/27549/simultaneous-co...

Don't worry we are working hard to get all the functionality of ScribTeX fully incorporated into ShareLaTeX (git push & pull). We also have no long term plans on turning off scribtex while people still use it, but the focus is sharelatex.

Re: Online collaborative LaTeX editor

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Post by StevenXC »

beck5 wrote: post #4

Founder of http://www.ShareLaTeX.com here, the guys at writelatex have done a great job of making a new clear home page since last time they were on HackerNews ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4385300 ) the example presentation and no sign in required is a really great touch as it helps quickly bring down the bar for those new to LaTeX. The online LaTeX editor is not an easy problem to solve, compiling massive p…

No sign-in is nice as an option, but the fact that you can't sign in is a negative for me - I'd like to be able to manage multiple documents and projects within an account like on ScribTeX.

Oh, and ShareLaTeX looks really good; thanks for sharing! I'm going to try it out now.

Re: Online collaborative LaTeX editor

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Post by JohnHammersley »

beck5 wrote: post #4

Founder of http://www.ShareLaTeX.com here, the guys at writelatex have done a great job of making a new clear home page since last time they were on HackerNews ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4385300 ) the example presentation and no sign in required is a really great touch as it helps quickly bring down the bar for those new to LaTeX. The online LaTeX editor is not an easy problem to solve, compiling massive p…

Thanks for the comments beck5 - good luck to you guys too - as you say, lots of challenges but we keep making progress.

Re: Online collaborative LaTeX editor

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Post by StevenXC »

stared wrote: post #6

The is also http://www.scribtex.com/ (unfortunately, going down, but was nice, also supporting Git access), https://www.sharelatex.com/ . And for short LaTeX text, there is http://mathb.in/ . Also, http://www.scigit.com/ looks promising (not working yet, though). See also: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/27549/simultaneous-co...

ScribTeX is going down? What happened?

Re: Online collaborative LaTeX editor

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Post by JohnHammersley »

StevenXC wrote: post #15
beck5 wrote: post #4

Founder of http://www.ShareLaTeX.com here, the guys at writelatex have done a great job of making a new clear home page since last time they were on HackerNews ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4385300 ) the example presentation and no sign in required is a really great touch as it helps quickly bring down the bar for those new to LaTeX. The online LaTeX editor is not an easy problem to solve, compiling massive p…

No sign-in is nice as an option, but the fact that you can't sign in is a negative for me - I'd like to be able to manage multiple documents and projects within an account like on ScribTeX. Oh, and ShareLaTeX looks really good; thanks for sharing! I'm going to try it out now.

Hi StevenXC - thanks for the comments - we've now developed a sign in option which is planned as part of our next release - we were planning to push tomorrow, looking to see if we can do it now!
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