![]() ![]() The structure of formatting equations, symbols (such as δ¹⁸O for example), tables, and figures is intuitive and simple.It provides a distraction-free environment for academic writing: when I open up my LaTeX editor, I know it’s go-time!.Regardless of average productivity, there are some reasons why I prefer writing academic text in LaTeX and why it works for me: It's easy to get started with LaTeX ( this is a great resource) and there are plenty of editors available that can show you real-time previews of your document. Although (importantly, I feel), the study also found that LaTeX users reported enjoying their respective software editors a lot more than their counterpart WYSIWYG (or What you see is what you get editors) users.Įssentially, LaTeX is a plain text writing interface which formats a document you are preparing in as simple or as complex a structure as you’d want, using relatively simple syntax. If you’re not familiar with LaTeX or haven’t used it yet: don’t panic chances are, you might be more productive and efficient without it! According to empirical research by Knauf & Nejasmic in 2014, LaTeX users were especially susceptible to grammatical and orthographical errors. Finally, Mathkey can also remotely connect to the Macbook so that you can write equations on the iPad/iPhone while editing LaTeX on the Mac.Īll in all, this app is a worthy addition to my (iOS-)LaTeX workflow. On the iPad, using Mathkey with the Apple Pencil has been delightful. I’ve been using Mathkey for about 3 months now and its accuracy is rarely off. This becomes especially powerful when you have an external keyboard for typing opened with Mathkey as your active keyboard. What exactly does Mathkey do? Instead of struggling with symbol/equation typesetting, Mathkey uses the MyScript engine to parse handwritten equations into an image or as snippets of LaTeX code (as plaintext) that you can insert into your editor of choice. Essentially, it is a LaTeX keyboard (add it under General->Keyboard) that receives input via touch, and can produce output as text or as an image. The iPad app costs $7.99 (rather reasonably priced IMO although it is also available via Setapp) and is available on the iPad as well as the iPhone (and Macbook). Although Texpad’s symbol editor tool is handy, I recently came across an app that makes complex typesetting, and equations, in particular, easy and intuitive.Ĭue: Mathkey. ![]() Texpad is still my LaTeX editor of choice (I wish this could somehow be integrated with Overleaf) and its latest version, with several updated tools, makes editing in LaTeX rather simple. The larger screen is more conducive for split-screen usage and the Apple Pencil compatibility is awesome (gives my post on note-taking tools a whole new depth - I should revisit that). For those not in the know, LaTeX is a typesetting language that has many uses, and can be particularly useful for writing manuscripts.Īfter graduating from a 8.2” iPad Mini 2.0 to a 9.7” 6th generation “educational” iPad, I’ve been getting more and more writing done on iPad. It is *still* remarkable to me that I can continue chipping away at a manuscript that I was working on in the office outside at the park - on a piece of glass. I’ve been using LaTeX (enjoyably!) on iOS for quite some time now. ![]()
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