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Escher Illusions in LaTeX
- bebop 14y agoThis is really cool! I always wanted to do an impossible shape in PostScript, this makes me want to take the time to actually do it. Thanks for sharing!
- JohnHammersley 14y agoNo problem :-) I loved this example when I first saw it, and someone shared it with me again today so I decided to post it here.
- niggler 14y agoHas anyone tried using something like emscripten to set up a version of TeX that can run in the browser?
- jmyc 14y agoYes: http://manuels.github.com/texlive.js/website/ http://manuels.github.com/texlive.js/website/ -- "This is a port of TeX live 2012 to Javascript." Also related: http://www.mathjax.org/ http://www.mathjax.org/
- JohnHammersley 14y agoThe port to Javascript is really neat, I remember when that was on HN a month or so ago
- Cieplak 14y agoI imagine this would be a great way to make logos for your startup.
- alxndr 14y agoUnrelated: writelatex.com is the only site I've noticed that sees when you don't load some of the JS it requires from third-party domains, and warns you about it! Great little feature.
- jdleesmiller 14y agoThanks for noticing :) That check has greatly reduced the number of confusing support requests we receive.
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- Argorak 14y agoFor those who want to see more, this is build using PGF/TIKZ, a library with one of the most extensive and awesomely looking documentations around: http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/CTAN/graphics/pgf/base/doc/generic/pgf/pgfmanual.pdf http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/CTAN/graphics/pgf/base/doc/generic...
- reeses 14y agoI've used TeX/LaTeX for 24 years and I look at PGF/TikZ and it seems more verbose than I can stand. Do you edit it by hand, which seems to be the case for simpler diagrams, or is there a map/transform application that can take output from drawing applications?