LaTex table not formatting

[lordlycastle]

LaTex tables aren't formatting properly. The syntax I'm using is below, the table is rendering properly in TexPad, so I double I have any syntax error. Perhaps Quiver uses a different syntax. I also tried in Quiver 3.0b4

\begin{tabular}{|l|c|r|}
\hline
first  &  row  &  data \\
second &  row  &  data \\
\hline
third & row & data \\
\hline
\end{tabular}

[ylian]

Quiver uses MathJax to render LaTeX, but it only supports math-mode macros, not text-mode macros. http://docs.mathjax.org/en/latest/tex.html

A good alternative is to write in Markdown. You can still use inline LaTeX or display equations in Markdown cells.

You can create tables in Markdown using GFM tables (https://help.github.com/articles/github-flavored-markdown/).

[lordlycastle]

That was my first idea, but the tables get very confusing in markdown with inline LaTeX. Without preview it can be very difficult to understand.

Perhaps you could implement text-mode macros in Quiver 3.0?

[ylian]

@lordlycastle That would require replacing MathJax with something else. I will take a look at TexPad and see what it uses. If you know other good TeX apps on the Mac, let me know too. Thanks.

[johnsanterre]

Perhaps look at Lyx? Not sure how they accomplish rendering...