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I would say \"Markdown editor with latex inline equations\" instead of calling this a latex…",{"id":58,"by":59,"text":60},"8507417","jbranchaud","The tagline is misleading. This is just a markdown editor with something like MathJax dropped in to do LaTeX-like equation rendering. Nevertheless, the live-editing and download…",[62,70],{"value":63,"source":64,"evidence":65},"MathQuill","commenter",[66],{"id":67,"by":68,"text":69},"8507399","sigvef","This is the same approach we're using at Wikipendium[1] for math-heavy article editing - Markdown with inline LaTeX math segments edited in a CodeMirror editor. It's cool to see…",{"value":71,"source":72,"evidence":73},"wkhtmltopdf","maker",[74],{"id":75,"by":11,"text":76},"8507667","I'm using wkhtmltopdf to convert the html to a pdf in the backend. I'll have to look into this. 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There is not anything new to me. It's just a Markdown variant editor with a LaTeX feel.",{"id":54,"by":55,"text":56},{"value":108,"source":64,"evidence":109},"PDF output renders the letter o incorrectly",[110,114],{"id":111,"by":112,"text":113},"8507585","mandalar12","Nice project. Are the source available ? It would be nice to use but I'd rather host\u002Fuse it locally. Besides I don't know which font (Symbola?) you use in the .pdf but it appears…",{"id":115,"by":116,"text":117},"8507647","sampo","There is something wrong with all the o letters in the pdf that I downloaded.",[119,126,133],{"value":120,"source":64,"evidence":121},"Numbered equations and lists",[122],{"id":123,"by":124,"text":125},"8507561","m_mueller","Here's what I'd need as a minimum to make productive use of this: * numbered list * download LaTeX What I'd consider paying for: * a nice table editor - IMO this is the only case…",{"value":127,"source":64,"evidence":128},"Figures, tables, sections, cross-references and citations",[129],{"id":130,"by":131,"text":132},"8507692","jvdh","If you want authors to actually write (scientific) papers in this editor you'll need a lot more: ``` * including figures, with captions * tabels, with captions * sections *…",{"value":134,"source":64,"evidence":135},"Download LaTeX source and template support",[136],{"id":123,"by":124,"text":125},[138],{"value":139,"source":64,"evidence":140},"Is the source available for local hosting?",[141],{"id":111,"by":112,"text":113},[143,153,160,167,174],{"value":144,"source":64,"evidence":145},"Pandoc",[146,150],{"id":147,"by":148,"text":149},"8507525","wall_words","If you want to generate LaTeX from Markdown, you can use Pandoc. 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I'll try and get these features implemented.",{"id":187,"text":188},"8507665","I used that too, however the delay between writing something and seeing the preview render really bugged me.",{"id":190,"text":191},"8507673","Damn, I tried your case and didn't work. 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