The future of education is plain text

Re:The future of education is plain text by JohnHammersley on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @03:31PM (#14547845)

If you're interested in adding LaTeX to that list, you might like to try Overleaf [1] -- it's an online collaborative LaTeX editor we built to try to lower the learning curve (I'm one of the founders).

It includes a rich text mode for easier collaboration with non-LaTeX users [2], and you can also write in Markdown if you like :) [3].

Feedback always appreciated if you do give it a try, thanks.

[1] https://www.overleaf.com

[2] https://www.overleaf.com/blog/81

[3] https://www.overleaf.com/blog/501

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Re:The future of education is plain text by hobs on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @06:50PM (#14549330)

Thank you so much for Overleaf, as a new user, its great!

I really like how easy it is to experiment with the LaTeX formatting (something I wasnt super familiar with) and immediately see the output.

I had someone send me their resume template on overleaf and it was super easy to get a similar product with my personal touch.

The only feedback I would have is it was a little awkward to do folders within folders (this was a few months ago) and I had to ken the "hey put a path separator in the name" before I got it.

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Re:The future of education is plain text by JohnHammersley on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @07:51PM (#14549692)

Thanks for the feedback - great to hear you've been finding it useful and yes, improving the file tree is definitely on our list.

Good luck with your future projects!

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Re:The future of education is plain text by karthikb on Tuesday June 13, 2017 @08:47PM (#14549969)

Overleaf was invaluable while I wrote my thesis. Thank you!

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Re:The future of education is plain text by JohnHammersley on Sunday June 18, 2017 @07:20PM (#14583557)

Congratulations on your thesis -- it's a lot of work, and I'm glad Overleaf helped :)

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