I ported LaTeX to Javascript

Re:I ported LaTeX to Javascript by jmix on Saturday January 19, 2013 @11:00AM (#5083712)

Pointlessly awesome. Care to describe why it would make sense to run LaTeX on JS?

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Re:I ported LaTeX to Javascript by netnichols on Saturday January 19, 2013 @02:43PM (#5084490)

In order to generate PDF's on the client. I'm sure there are a ton of web services that would love to do this.

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Re:I ported LaTeX to Javascript by fudged71 on Saturday January 19, 2013 @05:03PM (#5084960)

Offline rendering of LaTeX in the browser without needing to download a full installation of LaTeX! I think that's pretty cool.

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Re:I ported LaTeX to Javascript by JasonFruit on Saturday January 19, 2013 @12:19PM (#5083948)

Running LaTeX on Chrome OS? Frankly, I'm not sure.

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Re:I ported LaTeX to Javascript by BHSPitMonkey on Sunday January 20, 2013 @01:29AM (#5086204)

Could certainly come in handy if I ever need to quickly recompile my resume and I don't have access to a system with LaTeX installed.

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Re:I ported LaTeX to Javascript by pm90 on Saturday January 19, 2013 @04:19PM (#5084792)

Because: he could

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