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fetacore / Infinitex

A LaTeX and WYSIWYG editor with academic search functionality and other helpful tools
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Katex support? #9

Open tommytwoeyes opened 5 years ago

tommytwoeyes commented 5 years ago

Is it possible to use a JavaScript LaTeX library (like Khan Academy’s katex.js) instead of MacTex/MikTex?

I dont know much about LaTeX yet, but I noticed the MacTex download was somewhat huge. Just curious if a lighter alternative might be available.

Here’s a link to Katex: https://katex.org/

fetacore commented 5 years ago

The thing about LaTeX is that it is a whole typography system to create beautiful documents. KaTeX only renders math. The project actually uses it when you write math in the dedicated screen that appears after pressing the third top button.

LaTeX is huge because it is a very old project and it takes care of margins, orphans etc as well as math. Once you start using it you will see that the difference in appearance is obvious between a latex document and one made with MS Word. In academic writing I (and many others) never give more than 5 seconds to something that is not written in tex entirely because it hurts my eyes.

Hope this answers your question. I hope you like the app. Since you are using a mac FYI I will give a mac version in the next release.