ShareLaTeX Joins Overleaf
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ShareLaTeX Joins Overleaf
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Re: ShareLaTeX Joins Overleaf
#2I've never used Overleaf, but for several years I used ShareLaTeX as my primary LaTeX editor. I've since switched to using LaTeX through emacs but I still regularly use ShareLaTeX's great documentation and if I didn't carrying my Linux laptop around everywhere, I'd probably still be using ShareLaTeX. Hopefully this new partnership won't ruin it.
Re: ShareLaTeX Joins Overleaf
#3> Yes. Both Overleaf and ShareLaTeX are committed to ensuring that all of the open ShareLaTeX code base will remain open source and will continue to be actively developed.
That's a fairly disengenous answer to the question. The code is AGPLv3+ licensed and they are not the sole copyright holder (it is true that that have a CLA[1] but from a quick reading the CLA says that they "agree to also license the Contribution under the terms of the license or licenses which We are using for the Material on the Submission Date").
What people want to know is whether ShareLaTeX is going to just become a tiny free software part of a larger proprietary platform. It appears to me that this is likely going to be the case, which is a real shame since I've always respected that the entireity of ShareLaTeX was AGPLv3+.
I hope ShareLaTeX doesn't become another victim of "Our Incredible Journey"[2].
[1]: https://sharelatex.wufoo.com/forms/sharelatex-contributor-li... [2]: https://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/
Re: ShareLaTeX Joins Overleaf
#4Okay so instead of two competing products we now have one.
Re: ShareLaTeX Joins Overleaf
#5I've never used Overleaf, but for several years I used ShareLaTeX as my primary LaTeX editor. I've since switched to using LaTeX through emacs but I still regularly use ShareLaTeX's great documentation and if I didn't carrying my Linux laptop around everywhere, I'd probably still be using ShareLaTeX. Hopefully this new partnership won't ruin it.
Eh, I've used both and have to say that overleafs interface is way better... So no, it won't ruin it.
Re: ShareLaTeX Joins Overleaf
#6Why it is better than offline editor (like TeXnicCenter) and code repository (like Git)?
Re: ShareLaTeX Joins Overleaf
#7Why it is better than offline editor (like TeXnicCenter) and code repository (like Git)?
Re: ShareLaTeX Joins Overleaf
#8I've used both Overleaf and Sharelatex quite a bit, and think both products are great and have different strengths. It was frustrating to have to choose and have my Latex files split between the two, and this niche does not feel big enough to merit two competing great products, so I was pretty happy to hear about this.
Re: ShareLaTeX Joins Overleaf
#9Why it is better than offline editor (like TeXnicCenter) and code repository (like Git)?
I've used ShareLaTeX before, and it's sort of the same reason why Dropbox is (sometimes) better than using rsync. Yes, I would prefer to edit everything in Vim but personally LaTeX environments have always been more pain to setup than they've been worth, and ShareLaTeX just works.
Also they support collaborative editing and adding editor notes to a document.
Re: ShareLaTeX Joins Overleaf
#10Why it is better than offline editor (like TeXnicCenter) and code repository (like Git)?
One reason: Sharelatex has nice features for collaboration (such as editing suggestions, history, etc.).