technical writing

Prior to this was using MS Word which makes it hard to understand the underlying structure of the doc as it is a WYSIWYG editor.

LaTeX file is a plain text file, markup for formatting is clearly visible in file. Requires a separate step to produce the output PDF. Forces the writer to focus on structuring the document and leaves the typesetting to the system.

Especially useful for technical writing with lots of mathematical equations.

Pandoc can convert markdown to LaTeX and then PDF.

Quarto builds upon pandoc, allows executing code fragments.

typst

https://writing-resources.github.io/awesome-scientific-writing/

MathJax vs KaTeX

• MathJax accepts more input formats than KaTeX
• MathJax supports more symbols
• MathJax v3 does not support line breaks, v4 adds support but still in alpha
• https://www.intmath.com/cg5/katex-mathjax-comparison.php

Markdown in browser

• https://casual-effects.com/markdeep/
• https://mathpix.com/docs/mathpix-markdown/overview