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The author mentioned ShareLaTeX but not the other popular cloud service overleaf. I actually would have done the same given my experience with both. Recently I
by paradite 10y ago
The author mentioned ShareLaTeX but not the other popular cloud service overleaf.
I actually would have done the same given my experience with both. Recently I tried out overleaf in order to allow others to collaborate on a paper. However, what was compiling perfectly fine on my local machine just refused to compile on overleaf, keep throwing me error related to $ symbol even though I did not use $ symbol at all (I used my own bst and cls). After googling for 30 minutes without finding a fix, I gave up and turned to the alternative, ShareLaTeX. It compiled perfectly with no errors on the first try.
- cyphar 10y agoNote that ShareLaTeX is entirely free software licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License[1]. Which makes it much better than most cloud services (you can self-host it if you want). In particular, it looks like overlaf is not free software which is pretty ridiculous given the competition[2]. [1]: https://github.com/sharelatex/sharelatex https://github.com/sharelatex/sharelatex [2]: https://www.overleaf.com/help/17-is-overleaf-open-source https://www.overleaf.com/help/17-is-overleaf-open-source
- jdleesmiller 10y ago(Co-founder of Overleaf here.) Sorry to hear you had a bad experience --- we run a standard install of TeX Live, so that's surprising. If you try Overleaf again, feel free to send your project's link to our support team via www.overleaf.com/contact, and they can help you fix any issues.
- paradite 10y agoGood to hear that. I've sent it via www.overleaf.com/contact and I hope this would help your team figure out why.