GitBook: A modern publishing toolchain

Re:GitBook: A modern publishing toolchain by netheril96 on Monday March 16, 2015 @03:33AM (#9210261)

Does this support inlined math formulas? This feature is very important, especially for a lot of technical writers. If it is present, then advertise it on the front page.

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Re:GitBook: A modern publishing toolchain by JohnHammersley on Monday March 16, 2015 @04:28AM (#9210392)

We've developed a LaTeX-based platform (https://www.overleaf.com) exactly for this type of audience :)

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Re:GitBook: A modern publishing toolchain by AaronO on Monday March 16, 2015 @06:50AM (#9210763)

Yes, it supports inlined math formulas, through Mathjax (and KaTeX). It the upcoming 2.0.0 release, we actually render mathjax formulas to SVGs & PNGs so that they are visible in PDFs/EPUBs/Mobi.

Here's a very math intensive book for example: https://www.gitbook.com/book/jandeleeuw/bras/details

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Re:GitBook: A modern publishing toolchain by avaku on Monday March 16, 2015 @07:07AM (#9210815)

FYI: Citations \cite{} don't work in this example book

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Re:GitBook: A modern publishing toolchain by snx on Monday March 16, 2015 @04:16AM (#9210362)

I suppose that's another target audience. Check out https://www.sharelatex.com/

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Re:GitBook: A modern publishing toolchain by detaro on Monday March 16, 2015 @05:34AM (#9210540)

There are MathJAX and KaTeX plugins:

http://plugins.gitbook.com/

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