{"id":12849,"date":"2024-09-26T01:10:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T05:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=12849"},"modified":"2024-09-26T01:10:31","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T05:10:31","slug":"overleaf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=12849","title":{"rendered":"Overleaf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Overleaf (sharelatex) is an amazing project, an open-source Web-based editor for LaTeX projects. The software can be used for free or on a subscription basis at <a href=\"https:\/\/overleaf.com\/\">overleaf.com<\/a>, but the open source version is available as a &#8220;community edition&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Not for the faint-hearted, mind you, as installation is not trivial. The easiest way is by means of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.docker.com\/\">docker container<\/a>, setup for which is provided by the Overleaf project.<\/p>\n<p>In the last few days, I managed to do just that, installing Overleaf on my main Linux server. I even managed to configure Overleaf to properly compile Feynman diagrams automatically, as this screenshot from my practice &#8220;scratchpad&#8221; file demonstrates.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12850\" src=\"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/scratchpad.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"660\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I like this project very much. In fact I am very impressed by its sophistication. I first opened an Overleaf account more than six years ago, when I invited someone to collaborate. I used Overleaf a few times over the years but, I admit, I forgot that it even exists until recently, when someone invited me to collaborate and I found, much to my surprise, that I already had a valid Overleaf account.<\/p>\n<p>But this time around I went far beyond just using it. I decided to set up my own installation, for several reasons, including privacy, confidentiality, limitations and last but not least, avoiding reliance of a service provider who may or may not be still in business tomorrow or next year.<\/p>\n<p>And now, I find myself ready to ditch the old software that I&#8217;ve been using for nearly 20 years, and switch to Overleaf altogether for my new LaTeX projects. It&#8217;s that good, really. I hope I will not come to regret my decision.<\/p>\n<fb:like href='https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=12849' send='true' layout='standard' show_faces='true' width='450' height='65' action='like' colorscheme='light' font='lucida grande'><\/fb:like>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overleaf (sharelatex) is an amazing project, an open-source Web-based editor for LaTeX projects. The software can be used for free or on a subscription basis at overleaf.com, but the open source version is available as a &#8220;community edition&#8221;. Not for the faint-hearted, mind you, as installation is not trivial. The easiest way is by means <a href='https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=12849' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,6,35,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computers","category-internet","category-personal","category-science","category-11-id","category-6-id","category-35-id","category-48-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12849"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12852,"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12849\/revisions\/12852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}