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And whilst this is shameless self-promotion, if you want to try out LaTeX without installing it yourself, please check out https://www.overleaf.com https://www.

And whilst this is shameless self-promotion, if you want to try out LaTeX without installing it yourself, please check out https://www.overleaf.com https://www.overleaf.com (I'm one of the founders)

jszymborski 7y ago
I'll come in and say that Overleaf has been invaluable when you're working in teams and need real-time editing and/or your team members don't know how to/refuse to use Git (cough some academic settings cough)
- blt 7y ago
  I prefer git for the bulk of the writing process because it lets you make well structured commits, use your favorite editor, and doesn't depend on having a strong internet connection. Even so, you can't beat overleaf for the final stages of paper submission when all the authors are making tiny typo fixes and style edits in all parts of the document concurrently.
OrangeManBad 7y ago
Please do more shameless promotion, latex is amazing and overleaf makes it very accessible.
- smitty1e 7y ago
  For really mind-blowing possibilities, try org-mode[1] under emacs, along with org-babel[2] and LaTeX export. You can pretty much write and execute your technical paper and your source code simultaneously in arbitrary languages. I recommend the spacemacs[3] distribution, as the vi interface gets it right. [1] https://orgmode.org/manual/index.html#Top https://orgmode.org/manual/index.html#Top [2] https://orgmode.org/manual/Working-with-Source-Code.html#Working-with-Source-Code https://orgmode.org/manual/Working-with-Source-Code.html#Wor... [3] http://spacemacs.org/ http://spacemacs.org/
  - _emacsomancer_ 7y ago
    Equally, AUCTeX in Emacs for direct editing of LaTeX (best TeX editor there is). (For more complex documents, I've had better luck manipulating TeX directly rather than via another layer, e.g. Org mode, which is fantastic for other things.)
    - shstalwart 7y ago
      Agreed. Writing with AUCTex plus helm-bibtex is like a dream. I like org-mode but I find it a too limiting for actually writing papers in.
      - kleiba 7y ago
        Would you mind elaborating what is so great about AUCTeX? What makes it the best LaTeX editor?
inamberclad 7y ago
Virtually everyone at school used Overleaf. Impressive bit of kit, particularly since the version 2 update. I was fond of how v1 kept everything in a git repo though.
- stroebjo 7y ago
  I liked that about v1 as well, but it seems like they have brought it over to v2 [0]. Trying it on a v2 project it only seems to have one commit for everything up until the first clone? [0]: https://www.overleaf.com/blog/bringing-the-git-bridge-to-v2-its-here-in-beta https://www.overleaf.com/blog/bringing-the-git-bridge-to-v2-...
glerk 7y ago
Overleaf got me through every math/CS course in my undergrad. Thank you for your amazing work.
buildbot 7y ago
Thank you for an absolutely awesome piece of software, my senior capstone in undergrad would have been so much worse without overleaf.
TelmoMenezes 7y ago
Congrats on overleaf. Me and my colleagues use it everyday and we love it!
boazbarak 7y ago
Thank you so much for overleaf! It’s been such a great tool for multi-author papers but even for writing on your own it’s better than standalone latex. Unlike typical latex that would just refuse to compile if you forget to close a brace, overleaf/sharelatex will make a best effort and just mark the part of the source where you made a mistake
JohnHammersley 7y ago
Thanks for all the lovely comments about Overleaf! I'd somehow missed them, and reading them all together now is a very nice way to end the day! We're continuing to build on and improve the platform now that the ShareLaTeX integration is pretty much complete, so look out for more updates soon, and thanks again for all your support. PS: Please do continue to tell all your friends nice things about Overleaf :)

And whilst this is shameless self-promotion, if you want to try out LaTeX without installing it yourself, please check out https://www.overleaf.com https://www.overleaf.com (I'm one of the founders)

jszymborski 7y ago

I'll come in and say that Overleaf has been invaluable when you're working in teams and need real-time editing and/or your team members don't know how to/refuse to use Git (cough some academic settings cough)

blt 7y ago
I prefer git for the bulk of the writing process because it lets you make well structured commits, use your favorite editor, and doesn't depend on having a strong internet connection. Even so, you can't beat overleaf for the final stages of paper submission when all the authors are making tiny typo fixes and style edits in all parts of the document concurrently.

OrangeManBad 7y ago

Please do more shameless promotion, latex is amazing and overleaf makes it very accessible.

smitty1e 7y ago
For really mind-blowing possibilities, try org-mode[1] under emacs, along with org-babel[2] and LaTeX export. You can pretty much write and execute your technical paper and your source code simultaneously in arbitrary languages. I recommend the spacemacs[3] distribution, as the vi interface gets it right. [1] https://orgmode.org/manual/index.html#Top https://orgmode.org/manual/index.html#Top [2] https://orgmode.org/manual/Working-with-Source-Code.html#Working-with-Source-Code https://orgmode.org/manual/Working-with-Source-Code.html#Wor... [3] http://spacemacs.org/ http://spacemacs.org/
- _emacsomancer_ 7y ago
  Equally, AUCTeX in Emacs for direct editing of LaTeX (best TeX editor there is). (For more complex documents, I've had better luck manipulating TeX directly rather than via another layer, e.g. Org mode, which is fantastic for other things.)
  - shstalwart 7y ago
    Agreed. Writing with AUCTex plus helm-bibtex is like a dream. I like org-mode but I find it a too limiting for actually writing papers in.
    - kleiba 7y ago
      Would you mind elaborating what is so great about AUCTeX? What makes it the best LaTeX editor?

inamberclad 7y ago

Virtually everyone at school used Overleaf. Impressive bit of kit, particularly since the version 2 update. I was fond of how v1 kept everything in a git repo though.

stroebjo 7y ago
I liked that about v1 as well, but it seems like they have brought it over to v2 [0]. Trying it on a v2 project it only seems to have one commit for everything up until the first clone? [0]: https://www.overleaf.com/blog/bringing-the-git-bridge-to-v2-its-here-in-beta https://www.overleaf.com/blog/bringing-the-git-bridge-to-v2-...

glerk 7y ago

Overleaf got me through every math/CS course in my undergrad. Thank you for your amazing work.

buildbot 7y ago

Thank you for an absolutely awesome piece of software, my senior capstone in undergrad would have been so much worse without overleaf.

TelmoMenezes 7y ago

Congrats on overleaf. Me and my colleagues use it everyday and we love it!

boazbarak 7y ago

Thank you so much for overleaf! It’s been such a great tool for multi-author papers but even for writing on your own it’s better than standalone latex. Unlike typical latex that would just refuse to compile if you forget to close a brace, overleaf/sharelatex will make a best effort and just mark the part of the source where you made a mistake

JohnHammersley 7y ago

Thanks for all the lovely comments about Overleaf! I'd somehow missed them, and reading them all together now is a very nice way to end the day! We're continuing to build on and improve the platform now that the ShareLaTeX integration is pretty much complete, so look out for more updates soon, and thanks again for all your support. PS: Please do continue to tell all your friends nice things about Overleaf :)