I draw figures for my mathematical lecture notes using Inkscape

Re:I draw figures for my mathematical lecture notes using In... by buiducnha on Saturday April 27, 2019 @11:08PM (#19769075)

I've just checked LyX, actually it's quite good and similar to Mathcha, but actually it serves different goals/features than Mathcha.

- LyX: full Latex compiled, and Mix between WYSIWYG and Latex Script. Mainly use to create Latex Document

- Mathcha: can export some parts to Latex (mostly Math mode) but does not guarantee to compile, a full WYSIWYG editor. The goal to just create Document without constraints to Latex format

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Re:I draw figures for my mathematical lecture notes using In... by harlanji on Sunday April 28, 2019 @01:32AM (#19769530)

I love Lyx but wish there were a less involved setup. Takes a very long time to install over LTE, and TeX distro feels 50/50 dice roll. If it’s slow on LTE in Silicon Valley, it’s slow in Africa. Hard to recommend.

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Re:I draw figures for my mathematical lecture notes using In... by Symbiote on Sunday April 28, 2019 @07:49AM (#19770602)

> If it’s slow on LTE in Silicon Valley, it’s slow in Africa.

No, "Africa" is far too huge and varied to generalize about like that. Plenty of African countries have reasonable mobile infrastructure, and low enough costs.

  $ apt install lyx
  …
  Need to get 216 MB of archives.

(This is coming from nothing, LaTeX isn't installed.) At 5Mb/s, that's about 6 minutes. That's not unreasonable for a one-off installation, especially in a country where these speeds are normal. (And 5Mb/s is slow: https://www.speedtest.net/global-index .)

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Re:I draw figures for my mathematical lecture notes using In... by yorwba on Sunday April 28, 2019 @09:30AM (#19771056)

The more likely hurdle is that it doesn't run on low-end smartphones (or maybe it does?) I know a Chinese university student who writes homework reports using Microsoft Word for Android because she can't afford another computer in addition to her phone. The situation in most African countries is probably not much better.

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Re:I draw figures for my mathematical lecture notes using In... by jnurmine on Sunday April 28, 2019 @03:24AM (#19769850)

Well, if bandwidth or transfer quota is a big issue, it is always possible to use a CDROM or DVD with the packages...?

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Re:I draw figures for my mathematical lecture notes using In... by markrusl on Sunday April 28, 2019 @05:32AM (#19770197)

A what now? What’s a cd/dvd???

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Re:I draw figures for my mathematical lecture notes using In... by jnurmine on Sunday April 28, 2019 @09:37AM (#19771093)

Why, you know, it's like a tiny and shiny vinyl record!

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