Matteo Cantiello edited Loving Authorea.tex  almost 9 years ago

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This post was written by Matteo Cantiello, a theoretical astrophysicist at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics and Authorea's Chief Scientist. It is intended to be published as a post on Astrobetter.com.  \end{quote}  I am aware that a while back a lot of astronomers have tried out writing their research articles on \href{https://www.authorea.com}{Authorea}, a web-based collaborative writing platform. Some were disappointed by the lack of some certain  advanced LaTeX features (e.g., \href{https://www.authorea.com/users/2/articles/38778/_show_article}{deluxetables, now supported}). You were disappointed, you told us why, and we just implemented some big changes to make you happy. Authorea now has a "\href{https://www.authorea.com/users/5713/articles/28015/_show_article}{Power LaTeX user}" mode which supports a much much larger subset of LaTeX. Essentially everything. And unlike some services such as \href{http://www.astrobetter.com/blog/2012/03/26/collaborative-latex-writing-a-review-of-scribtex/}{ScribTeX} and \href{http://www.astrobetter.com/blog/2015/01/12/using-writelatex-for-collaborative-papers/}{WriteLaTeX} (previously reviewed on Astrobetter), all your LaTeX renders both to PDF \textit{and} to HTML (i.e., the web). So, why should you give Authorea another spin and start using it daily for your research? It's a good question. Here some highlights that might guide that decision.