What's new in TeX, part 1

Posted Dec 31, 2020 15:00 UTC (Thu) by jem (subscriber, #24231)
In reply to: What's new in TeX, part 1 by rsidd
Parent article: What's new in TeX, part 1

>Also, the unicode equations are fascinating, but what's a good editor on linux that makes entering unicode math symbols easy?

An online alternative is mathcha.io. It is a simple word processing application, with a wysiwyg math editor that is easy to learn and productive once you have got the hang of it. I wouldn't recommend writing a large document using only Mathcha, but you can export the selection to LaTeX, with the following disclaimer:

"Note: Latex below is just for reference, it does not guarantee to be full compatible (or compiled) in Latex Document."

A Mathcha document can also be saved online (if you log in with a Google, Facebook, Twitter, or Github account), or saved locally as a zipped HTML or (proprietary) Mathcha file. Links to online documents can easily be shared. I have mainly used Mathcha to help a friend do his math and physics homework by sharing short documents.