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I'm not sure this contributes anything fresh or simplifying to existing Latex workflows. One could easily get the same thing in VSC or numerous other tools in t

I'm not sure this contributes anything fresh or simplifying to existing Latex workflows. One could easily get the same thing in VSC or numerous other tools in this recently energetic space.

pietrrrek 6y ago
From understanding this is not supposed to add anything to existing workflows. The idea seems to be that the presenter can "live-code" the mathematical expressions during presentation, much like mathematics is taught at universities.
- threatofrain 6y ago
  > From understanding this is not supposed to add anything to existing workflows. The idea seems to be that the presenter can "live-code" the mathematical expressions during presentation, much like mathematics is taught at universities. This is a workflow, especially during surging interest in remote education + premium notes.
- OJFord 6y ago
  But most of the lecture is going to consist of errors displayed on the 'chalkboard' while you finish typing ('missing superscript'). (Aside: I tried to copy the full error, but it overrides the context menu with some nasty flash-looking thing, why!)
- susam 6y ago
  Thank you for clarifying the idea behind this tool. That is indeed the reason why I wrote this tool. I host meetings for an analytic number theory book club[1] where I use this tool to display math snippets (to elaborate a step in the book, to illustrate a theorem with examples, etc.) during our discussions. Additionally, the tool also supports self-rendering boards [2] which is useful to archive the notes taken for our book club meetings as self-rendering HTML files. [1]: https://antmeet.github.io/boards/ https://antmeet.github.io/boards/ [2]: https://github.com/susam/muboard#distributable-boards https://github.com/susam/muboard#distributable-boards
  - anon_tor_12345 6y ago
    let me recommend LyX to you, which is a graphical frontend to latex that instantly renders. https://www.lyx.org/ https://www.lyx.org/ watch here for a demo https://youtu.be/3GdJUI0-YSo?t=42 https://youtu.be/3GdJUI0-YSo?t=42
    - susam 6y ago
      Thanks! I am aware of LyX and I did try it earlier. I guess I prefer a non-WYSIWYM approach. I also wanted to be able to share the board snippets discussed during the meetings in the same format, i.e., a simple HTML that self-renders itself as a board. That helps in both archiving the boards as well as reusing the boards in future meetings, if necessary. This was one of the few reasons why I just decided to write my own tool that suits my needs. I have explained some of the reasons behind writing this tool here: https://github.com/susam/muboard#why https://github.com/susam/muboard#why (see section "Why?"). Here are a few examples of what the distributable board files look like: https://antmeet.github.io/boards/ https://antmeet.github.io/boards/ .
      - anon_tor_12345 6y ago
        sorry! i read too fast and missed the part where you said you were the creator! oh well i'm sure your reasons are good for your use case. personally after discovering lyx i am never going back to latex lol. also kudos on digging into ANT :)

I'm not sure this contributes anything fresh or simplifying to existing Latex workflows. One could easily get the same thing in VSC or numerous other tools in this recently energetic space.

pietrrrek 6y ago

From understanding this is not supposed to add anything to existing workflows. The idea seems to be that the presenter can "live-code" the mathematical expressions during presentation, much like mathematics is taught at universities.

threatofrain 6y ago
> From understanding this is not supposed to add anything to existing workflows. The idea seems to be that the presenter can "live-code" the mathematical expressions during presentation, much like mathematics is taught at universities. This is a workflow, especially during surging interest in remote education + premium notes.
OJFord 6y ago
But most of the lecture is going to consist of errors displayed on the 'chalkboard' while you finish typing ('missing superscript'). (Aside: I tried to copy the full error, but it overrides the context menu with some nasty flash-looking thing, why!)
susam 6y ago
Thank you for clarifying the idea behind this tool. That is indeed the reason why I wrote this tool. I host meetings for an analytic number theory book club[1] where I use this tool to display math snippets (to elaborate a step in the book, to illustrate a theorem with examples, etc.) during our discussions. Additionally, the tool also supports self-rendering boards [2] which is useful to archive the notes taken for our book club meetings as self-rendering HTML files. [1]: https://antmeet.github.io/boards/ https://antmeet.github.io/boards/ [2]: https://github.com/susam/muboard#distributable-boards https://github.com/susam/muboard#distributable-boards
- anon_tor_12345 6y ago
  let me recommend LyX to you, which is a graphical frontend to latex that instantly renders. https://www.lyx.org/ https://www.lyx.org/ watch here for a demo https://youtu.be/3GdJUI0-YSo?t=42 https://youtu.be/3GdJUI0-YSo?t=42
  - susam 6y ago
    Thanks! I am aware of LyX and I did try it earlier. I guess I prefer a non-WYSIWYM approach. I also wanted to be able to share the board snippets discussed during the meetings in the same format, i.e., a simple HTML that self-renders itself as a board. That helps in both archiving the boards as well as reusing the boards in future meetings, if necessary. This was one of the few reasons why I just decided to write my own tool that suits my needs. I have explained some of the reasons behind writing this tool here: https://github.com/susam/muboard#why https://github.com/susam/muboard#why (see section "Why?"). Here are a few examples of what the distributable board files look like: https://antmeet.github.io/boards/ https://antmeet.github.io/boards/ .
    - anon_tor_12345 6y ago
      sorry! i read too fast and missed the part where you said you were the creator! oh well i'm sure your reasons are good for your use case. personally after discovering lyx i am never going back to latex lol. also kudos on digging into ANT :)