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I just wished there could be something easy to replace this equation editor, it's really smooth for people that are not really proficient with LaTeX

samlittlewood 4mo ago
How about Eric Lengyel's equation editor: https://radicalpie.com https://radicalpie.com
- rustyhancock 4mo ago
  There are also many suitable web versions such as https://editor.codecogs.com/ https://editor.codecogs.com/ You can then download the image. The only thing I think they should add is the equation string as a comment to the images so you can upload and continue editing without a proprietary file format.
  - password4321 4mo ago
    > the equation string as a comment to the images Yes some diagramming tools do this when exporting to PNG, this is a great feature
hasley 4mo ago
In PowerPoint, I am a happy user of IguanaTex [1]. There are also some other PlugIns like TeXsword. But I have not tested them. And newer MS Office versions seem to support Latex macros directly. [2] [1] https://github.com/Jonathan-LeRoux/IguanaTex https://github.com/Jonathan-LeRoux/IguanaTex [2] https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/linear-format-equations-using-unicodemath-and-latex-in-word-2e00618d-b1fd-49d8-8cb4-8d17f25754f8 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/linear-format-equ...
electroly 4mo ago
Microsoft wrote their own replacement and it's better-integrated into Office than the old editor was. Search for "insert equation" in the Office search box. The new one supports both the old editor's style of input and actual LaTeX inputs. Heed the dates on articles talking about it: TFA is from 2018 before they wrote the new editor.
- kej 4mo ago
  There was an interesting paper on how the newer equation editor handles math using just Unicode math symbols: https://www.unicode.org/notes/tn28/UTN28-PlainTextMath-v3.1.pdf https://www.unicode.org/notes/tn28/UTN28-PlainTextMath-v3.1....

samlittlewood 4mo ago

How about Eric Lengyel's equation editor: https://radicalpie.com https://radicalpie.com

rustyhancock 4mo ago
There are also many suitable web versions such as https://editor.codecogs.com/ https://editor.codecogs.com/ You can then download the image. The only thing I think they should add is the equation string as a comment to the images so you can upload and continue editing without a proprietary file format.
- password4321 4mo ago
  > the equation string as a comment to the images Yes some diagramming tools do this when exporting to PNG, this is a great feature

hasley 4mo ago

In PowerPoint, I am a happy user of IguanaTex [1]. There are also some other PlugIns like TeXsword. But I have not tested them. And newer MS Office versions seem to support Latex macros directly. [2] [1] https://github.com/Jonathan-LeRoux/IguanaTex https://github.com/Jonathan-LeRoux/IguanaTex [2] https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/linear-format-equations-using-unicodemath-and-latex-in-word-2e00618d-b1fd-49d8-8cb4-8d17f25754f8 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/linear-format-equ...

electroly 4mo ago

Microsoft wrote their own replacement and it's better-integrated into Office than the old editor was. Search for "insert equation" in the Office search box. The new one supports both the old editor's style of input and actual LaTeX inputs. Heed the dates on articles talking about it: TFA is from 2018 before they wrote the new editor.

kej 4mo ago
There was an interesting paper on how the newer equation editor handles math using just Unicode math symbols: https://www.unicode.org/notes/tn28/UTN28-PlainTextMath-v3.1.pdf https://www.unicode.org/notes/tn28/UTN28-PlainTextMath-v3.1....