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shardling on Aug 15, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Write LaTeX - browser-based collaborative editor

I really wish there were Latex editors that would preview just the equation you're currently editing. I know macros make that tricky, but it would be a killer feature for anyone getting started with Latex.

jdleesmiller on Aug 15, 2012 | [–]

I believe that AUCTeX [1] does essentially this in EMACS. It embeds a preview of each equation into the buffer, but I don't know whether it's smart enough to handle macros.

[1] http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/AUCTeX

anghyflawn on Aug 15, 2012 | [–]

preview-latex (bundled with AUCTeX these days) comes pretty close to this.

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