Another issue is that it seems impossible to find or find/replace strings inside the LaTeX.
Also, a “meta” issue: in IAFF, the source of an article was plain text in which LaTeX appeared as “$...$” or “$$...$$”. This allowed me to write essays in an external LaTeX editor and then copy into IAFF with a only mild amount of effort. Here, the source seems to be inaccessible. This means that the native editor has to be good because there are no alternatives. Maybe improving the native editor is indeed the best and easiest solution. But an alternative solution could be, somehow enabling work with the source.
Yeah, we are working on improving the markdown editor to support LaTeX. It isn’t ready yet, but should be possible at some point in the next few weeks. (You can turn on the Markdown editor in your account settings)
That’s nice. Another reason it seems important is, some of content of these essays will eventually make its way into actual papers, and it will be much easier if you can copy-paste big chunks with mild formatting afterwards, compared to having to copy-paste each LaTeX object by hand.
Another issue is that it seems impossible to find or find/replace strings inside the LaTeX.
Also, a “meta” issue: in IAFF, the source of an article was plain text in which LaTeX appeared as “$...$” or “$$...$$”. This allowed me to write essays in an external LaTeX editor and then copy into IAFF with a only mild amount of effort. Here, the source seems to be inaccessible. This means that the native editor has to be good because there are no alternatives. Maybe improving the native editor is indeed the best and easiest solution. But an alternative solution could be, somehow enabling work with the source.
Yeah, we are working on improving the markdown editor to support LaTeX. It isn’t ready yet, but should be possible at some point in the next few weeks. (You can turn on the Markdown editor in your account settings)
That’s nice. Another reason it seems important is, some of content of these essays will eventually make its way into actual papers, and it will be much easier if you can copy-paste big chunks with mild formatting afterwards, compared to having to copy-paste each LaTeX object by hand.