THE VIDEO SHELF · texmacs scientific editor
A quick tour of TeXmacs
A four-minute tour of the TeXmacs scientific editor, showing math typing, figures, citations, a drawing tool, document styles, HTML export, presentations and animations.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as the quickest way to see what TeXmacs can do, as a WYSIWYG alternative to LaTeX.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- TeXmacs Videos
- Topic
- texmacs scientific editor
- Format
- demo
- Level
- intro
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
I'm not a TeXmacs developer but I am a fan. The software is amazing as you can see from this video: [VIDEO]
amichail on Hacker News · 2022-01
In Ask HN: What would be a better name for TeXmacs?Have you tried the WYSIWYG TeXmacs? (It's not based on TeX nor emacs but is inspired by both.) See: [VIDEO]
amichail on Hacker News · 2021-12
In LaTeX Cookbook – Collection of LaTeX RecipesHave you considered TeXmacs (www.texmacs.org)? See here a short video describing its features: [VIDEO] and the twitter feed for more examples: [LINK]
mgubi on Hacker News · 2023-01
In A Programmable Markup Language for Typesetting [pdf]
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