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I do, because they are one of the few online collaboration platforms which support LaTeX. I'm not talking about Overleaf, which is great if you want to make a f
by dual_basis 7y ago
I do, because they are one of the few online collaboration platforms which support LaTeX. I'm not talking about Overleaf, which is great if you want to make a full LaTeX document, I'm talking about an easier markdown editor where LaTeX is only used for math equations. I don't need the full turing-completeness of LaTeX if I'm just taking some notes during a meeting, but I do want to be able to write math formulae and have them display correctly.
This was the sole reason I checked it out, however I have grown to appreciate many of their other features. Their collaboration functionality is quite unique, and the generally smooth way you can add structured information (eg. "todos" with assigned users and due dates) is great.
That being said, it often feels "half-baked" still compared to other solutions. The Paper file organization interface feels like it is just bolted on top of Dropbox's existing interface, and sometimes their formatting is too restrictive (eg. you can't change text alignment). The issue raised in this post is yet another example of the product being half-baked.
- bobbylarrybobby 7y agoYou should look into Notion.so. They don’t have inline TeX (yet?) but they do have block TeX.
- dual_basis 7y agoThanks, Notion looks pretty great. Beats Dropbox Paper on almost all fronts except the inline TeX. It looks like it is on their radar: https://twitter.com/NotionHQ/status/1093334827770699778 https://twitter.com/NotionHQ/status/1093334827770699778 In the meantime, there is this workaround: https://www.notion.so/Notion-Inline-Math-9c5047a4e7c84643848b3630db8d5a5e https://www.notion.so/Notion-Inline-Math-9c5047a4e7c84643848... It's not a great workaround, however, since (by the way it works) it looks like it would only work locally on the user's browser assuming they install the violentmonkey browser extension, it is rather verbose (the code block + `math:` prefix), and having to press F2 to rerender all inline math.