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Usage of (La)TeX has exploded in recent years, thanks in no small part to Overleaf. Unfortunately the project itself has still been struggling financially, so i
by nanna 6y ago
Usage of (La)TeX has exploded in recent years, thanks in no small part to Overleaf. Unfortunately the project itself has still been struggling financially, so if you've got the means and want to support its development then do consider joining TUG, the TeX Users Group, the global org which coordinates it's development and community.
Perks include being posted copies of TUGboat, the excellent magazine that this Knuth piece is a preprint from. They also send you a DVD of the latest TeXlive, if you want it, you get to vote TUGs elections (or stand if you want!), invites to the annual conference, and get discounts on various (La)TeX, typography, and Knuth books.
https://tug.org/forms/current/memberapp.html https://tug.org/forms/current/memberapp.html
- evanb 6y agoSome of my collaborators use Overleaf with the git bridge to interact with our version-controlled drafts. The git bridge is broken, and overwrites git filemodes, erasing executable bits without the user's request; even on files that the Overleaf user doesn't touch. This breaks scripts that we need to produce figures. Every time we have a new paper to work on we have a problem. It drives me crazy. Overleaf claims that this would require a nontrivial overhaul of their software, which I find hard to believe. But their code is complicated enough that I can't just look at it and find the fix. https://github.com/overleaf/overleaf/issues/765 https://github.com/overleaf/overleaf/issues/765
- cozzyd 6y agoOverleaf also doesn't work with symlinks properly.