Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Writing and Sharing Short LaTeX Notes

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I built a LaTeX-related website that I would like to share. Originally I built it as a side-by-side tool for my own convenience when sketching TikZ images, so I think this might be the right board to introduce it. However, if this post violates any rules here, my apologies and please remove it.

SimpleLaTeX http://www.simplelatex.com is an online tool where you can preview and share short notes in LaTeX. It may be useful if you are writing a complicated equation, table, or TikZ image that requires iterative trial-and-error. Current features include:

• A trimmed image is generated and displayed in scalable SVG;
• Images in PDF and PNG formats are also available for download;
• You can save your note being sketched to your browser's cache, which will be loaded next time you visit;
• You can publish your compilable note and share it with others.

The site requires HTML5 support so it may not work in older browsers.

SimpleLaTeX is not designed to handle full LaTeX documents such as writeLaTeX does. The goal is to be light-weight and in spirit more like jsfiddle. Hope you find it useful and any suggestions are welcome.

P.S. screenshots:

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[simplelatex]

Added a basic table editor which can be used to create a complex table with merged cells. Any suggestion is appreciated.

P.S.: the tex code generated for the table uses

• the package array to align the cell content both horizontally and vertically;
• fixed widths to avoid misshaping which sometimes happens when mixing multicolumn and multirow. However, you can specify widths for individual columns.

More output options may be available in the future if needed.

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