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Markdown and LaTeX Editor
- robinhoodexe 11y agoI'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.
- chm 11y agoI run the ShareLaTeX open-source version and it renders a PDF each time I want to see the changes I made. With ShareLaTeX I can exactly see how the end product will look, something you can't do with this app. It's much less responsive, but having a PDF is a bigger advantage to me.
- haddr 11y agoI 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?
- parpalak 11y agoThe most of "standard" latex features and some packages. You can find details here: https://tex.s2cms.com/ https://tex.s2cms.com/
- conductor 11y agoThanks Roman, this is very nicely done. I wonder what software are you running on the back-end that copes with HN's traffic so casually?
- parpalak 11y agoNginx + php-fpm + TeX Live. But the key feature is the caching system: once a formula has been rendered, it is served by nginx as a regular static file.
- chestervonwinch 11y agoDoes 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.
- unknownknowns 11y agoLooks like it compiles the Markdown locally but for LaTeX it sends each source snippet to their server to compile: http://tex.s2cms.ru http://tex.s2cms.ru
- hzhou321 11y agoIt appears to be (realtime) server rendered svg.
- stared 11y agoSee also rMarkdown (http://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/ 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 https://github.com/swarm-lab/editR). Or for a longer list/discussion: https://hackpad.com/New-scientific-markup-language-utAjFcYuvvB https://hackpad.com/New-scientific-markup-language-utAjFcYuv... (it includes https://stackedit.io/ https://stackedit.io/).
- nicolewhite 11y ago+1 for RMarkdown and editR. The best thing about RMarkdown is the ability to do calculations in R and use those variables within LaTeX. A simple example: ```{r} a = 3 b = 6 c = a / b ``` Did you know that $\frac{`r a`}{`r b`} = `r c`$? http://i.imgur.com/IpiqDEx.png http://i.imgur.com/IpiqDEx.png
- codemac 11y agoYou should check out http://orgmode.org http://orgmode.org as well - though I'm sure someone has mentioned it. The best part is that you do these kind of: #+begin_src <lang> <options> some code #+end_src Such that you can cross between R, python, C, whatever you want, and end up with a cohesive, executable document.
- monochr 11y agoI quite like sagetex: http://doc.sagemath.org/html/en/tutorial/sagetex.html http://doc.sagemath.org/html/en/tutorial/sagetex.html A python like mathematica clone.
- hyperhopper 11y agoI have the same setup in atom using Markdown Preview Plus (https://atom.io/packages/markdown-preview-plus https://atom.io/packages/markdown-preview-plus) Works amazing and is offline, I highly recommend it.
- Numberwang 11y agoThis webpage on whatever backwoods Russian server he is using seems a lot snappier though...
- TsiCClawOfLight 11y agoAtom is too slow. I use sublime text with markdown preview.
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- yellowapple 11y agoI personally use Emacs with markdown-mode. I don't need the preview, really; the whole point of Markdown is to be readable in and of itself.
- varjag 11y agoThere's always C-c C-c p anyway.
- flying_whale 11y agoI have been using https://stackedit.io/ 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/ 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!
- geyang 11y agoWhat about writing in a WYSIWYG, and get a LaTeX document and a markdown document? http://www.escherpad.com/signup http://www.escherpad.com/signup
- jimhefferon 11y agoDoes this also do a subset of LaTeX, or is it the whole thing?
- itistoday2 11y agoPlease don't downvote comments like this. I found this to be a very helpful comment that contributed to the discussion, and found a neat editor in the process. Thanks for sharing geyang, sorry for the downvoters, HN has a problem with downvoting (not the least of which is the inability to undo downvotes).
- verusfossa 11y agoIf you haven't seen it yet ProseMirror is a hopefully to be open-sourced CommonMark editor. I'm sure LaTeX support could be added as a module. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/prosemirror https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/prosemirror
- btreecat 11y agoI would love something similar for reST or ascii doc
- torthrw 11y agoVery curious as to why this so much more responsive than overleaf and sharelatex. Anyone?
- jpallen 11y agoI'd guess that the rendering is done client side here and can be done with partial updates. ShareLaTeX and Overleaf have to do a full LaTeX pass on the server just to show the change of a small part of the document.
- mhartl 11y agoSoftcover handles Markdown + embedded LaTeX on your local machine (no 'net connection required) using a standard text editor and web browser: http://softcover.io/ http://softcover.io/ I use Softcover to write and maintain both the code-heavy Ruby on Rails Tutorial (http://railstutorial.org/book http://railstutorial.org/book) and the math-heavy Tau Manifesto (http://tauday.com/tau-manifesto http://tauday.com/tau-manifesto). (Disclosure: I'm also the principal author of Softcover.)
- jedberg 11y agoI just watched your video and I think your tool is exactly what I'm looking for! Downloading it now. In the meantime, I was wondering if you ever compose on your iPad? What is your workflow for that?
- mhartl 11y agoUsing Softcover requires a standard shell & text editor, which I doubt is available on iPad. But it works great as a de facto second monitor, as described [here](http://manual.softcover.io/book/getting_started#sec-html_softcover_server http://manual.softcover.io/book/getting_started#sec-html_sof...).
- jedberg 11y agoOh well, I was hoping I'd missed something. I'll just keep doing what I'm doing now -- write it in Evernote and then copy/paste when I get back to a computer.
- rz2k 11y agoI've found Simplenote on the iPad and Notational Velocity or nvALT on a Mac to be a really lightweight and quick workflow. Plus, there's the added benefit of it all being plain text, whereas Evernote always seems to make guesses about unwanted formatting for me.
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- S4M 11y agoThe real url where the latex rendering takes place seems to be here: http://tex.s2cms.ru/ http://tex.s2cms.ru/ The link that was submitted has an editor that detects latex formulas, send them to the link I mentioned earlier, get back an svg and insert it on the page.
- JohnHammersley 11y agoI'm curious as to the percentage of users here that use Markdown regularly? I'm one of the founders of Overleaf, and we've found that our users tend to either want to be able to edit in full LaTeX or want to avoid the need to code even in markdown (hence the reason we built a rich text layer for overleaf[1]) If you do use Markdown regularly, how often does it allow you to do everything you need (i.e. how often do you have to switch to something else)? Feedback appreciated, thanks. [1] https://www.overleaf.com/blog/81 https://www.overleaf.com/blog/81
- robbiep 11y agoI have a content platform (medical app) where our clients create or upload a significant percentage of the content. Although markdown has its limitations, as well as a barrier to entry for the non-technical user, it enables us to make sure our content is uniform in appearance with minimal style guides. A good markdown table editor would be a real winner, and some f the better open source editors don't have a consistent set of features, so it is often s bit of a trade off determining what is best.
- JohnHammersley 11y agoYes, I can see where markdown is a good middle ground for that type of regular, consistent content. Out of curiosity, did you have to set up templates for the content to help the non-technical users, or was a markdown tutorial enough?
- robbiep 11y agoWe provide them with a PDF introduction doc when we acquire new clients or they wish to have new authors added which has the essentials, explaining what it is and why. Our editor also has hyperlinks which insert tags for headings (two options), bold, lists and links etc. So far it's been well received, although we are continually looking to tweak
- m_mueller 11y ago> A good markdown table editor would be a real winner All I want is markdown with orgmode tables. Never gotten around to do it myself, but how hard can it be? I really have to wonder about why the Web2.0+ crowd think tables should never be used for anything, especially not by content editors.
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- siavosh 11y agoIs there a good js library available for LaTeX markdown that can be integrated with others markdown libraries? I'm working on http://www.faqt.co http://www.faqt.co and would love to add LaTeX support.
- mynegation 11y agoTry either MathJax or KaTeX from Khan Academy
- jugad 11y agoMarkdown + LaTeX editors that I have personally used (and recommend) https://stackedit.io/ https://stackedit.io/ Atom editor + markdown preview with Katex iPython notebook with mathjax