TeXMe
Dev tools
markdown renderer
SHOW HN2018
How HN took it
9 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 9 critical, out of 32 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.
Idea: 6 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstPerformance: 1 for, 2 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful simple way to publish Markdown with math on static sites
From 2 comments
This is a godsend to anyone who just wants to publish markdown blogs (with some maths) etc in the simplest possible way on a static website. I know, the proper way is supposed to…
SagelyGuru on HNI'm very grateful you created this. It is going to be a tool #1 in my workflow. The best thing I like is that the resulting document can be printed or saved as a PDF file with…
garganzol on HN
Novel approach; printing to PDF from browser works
From 2 comments
I'm very grateful you created this. It is going to be a tool #1 in my workflow. The best thing I like is that the resulting document can be printed or saved as a PDF file with…
garganzol on HNI think that is pretty cool. The one thing I would wish for is a build tool where I could insert my CSS (or a choose from available themes) and build my version of TeXMe (I have…
arendtio on HN
Objections
Name TeXMe is confusing since it is not real TeX
From 2 comments
As someone who has written a few of LaTeX documents over the years, I'd like to point out that rendering TeX math does not constitute a TeX document at all. What LaTeX truly…
andridk on HNI agree. It is indeed a novel project, but has little to actually do with TeX.
minademian on HN
Loads code from third-party origins
From 1 comment
> The rendered document demonstrates two interesting features of TeXMe: It also demonstrates documents created this way require code from two different third-party origins to…
blattimwind on HN
Client-side rendering is inefficient versus compiling on the server
From 1 comment
Wouldn't it make more sense to compile the markdown and serve the result, rather than having the user render it client-side? Seems very inefficient.
andrepd on HN
Requests
Build tool or themes to insert custom CSS
From 1 comment
I think that is pretty cool. The one thing I would wish for is a build tool where I could insert my CSS (or a choose from available themes) and build my version of TeXMe (I have…
arendtio on HN
Compile to WASM or React Native compatibility
From 2 comments
This is a godsend to anyone who just wants to publish markdown blogs (with some maths) etc in the simplest possible way on a static website. I know, the proper way is supposed to…
SagelyGuru on HNIs there a chance that the HTML TexMe produces could be rendered via React-Native Text control [1] ? [1]https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/text
platform on HN
Questions
How is it different from Markdeep?
From 1 comment
Can you explain how different TexMe is than Markdeep?
tdgunes on HN
Alternatives named
Markdeep
From 2 comments
Can you explain how different TexMe is than Markdeep?
tdgunes on HNAn important difference between Markdeep and TeXMe is that in Markdeep, the Markdown + LaTeX code goes in the <body> element itself. But in TeXMe, the Markdown + LaTeX code goes…
susam on HN
Pandoc
From 1 comment
Pandoc, commonmark.js, and many other tools and libraries can already do that. This project is not trying to address that use case. Instead, this project is attempting to make a…
susam on HN
ShareLaTeX, LaTeXBase, Papeeria
From 1 comment
There are already tools doing similar thing: https://www.sharelatex.com/ https://latexbase.com https://papeeria.com/
luckylittle on HN
engrafo / LaTeXML
From 1 comment
If you’re interested in an actual TeX distribution for the web, I’m working on something like that: https://github.com/arxiv-vanity/engrafo It’s based on LaTeXML, which does the…
bfirsh on HN