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Collaborative LaTeX Editor With Preview In Your Web Browser

Posted by timothy on from the but-office-365-is-there-for-you dept.

Celarent Darii writes "Slashdot readers have undoubtedly heard of Google Docs and the many other online word processing solutions that run in the browser. However, as a long-time user of TeX and LaTeX, these solutions are not my favorite way of doing things. Wouldn't it be nice to TeX something in your browser? Well, look no further, there is now an online collaborative LaTeX editor with integrated rapid preview. Some fantastic features: quasi-instant preview, automatic versioning of source, easy collaboration and you can even upload files and pictures. Download your project later when you get home. Are you a TeX guru with some masterpieces? Might I suggest uploading them? For the beginner: you can start here."

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  1. Not just this one. by Skidge · · Score: 5, Informative

    While the summary makes it sound like this is some breakthrough idea, there are several similar sites out there:

    https://www.sharelatex.com/

    http://spandex.io/

    And others, I'm sure. Is the submitter the owner of this particular version? The marketing speak is a bit over-the-top.

    I used sharelatex for a group project last semester and it worked fine. Several features were added since then that make it likely I'll use it again.