X-Git-Url: http://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/blobdiff_plain/d00856cc47cd2a9e90b298b284988fe623f24269..f775e574108eefcc96c981651ea47f23a912c0cf:/blog/archive/2017/10/10.rss diff --git a/blog/archive/2017/10/10.rss b/blog/archive/2017/10/10.rss index 7ae07c65a1..4f897bde54 100644 --- a/blog/archive/2017/10/10.rss +++ b/blog/archive/2017/10/10.rss @@ -6,6 +6,50 @@ http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + Web services for writing academic LaTeX papers as a team + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Web_services_for_writing_academic_LaTeX_papers_as_a_team.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Web_services_for_writing_academic_LaTeX_papers_as_a_team.html + Tue, 31 Oct 2017 21:00:00 +0100 + <p>I was surprised today to learn that a friend in academia did not +know there are easily available web services available for writing +LaTeX documents as a team. I thought it was common knowledge, but to +make sure at least my readers are aware of it, I would like to mention +these useful services for writing LaTeX documents. Some of them even +provide a WYSIWYG editor to ease writing even further.</p> + +<p>There are two commercial services available, +<a href="https://sharelatex.com">ShareLaTeX</a> and +<a href="https://overleaf.com">Overleaf</a>. They are very easy to +use. Just start a new document, select which publisher to write for +(ie which LaTeX style to use), and start writing. Note, these two +have announced their intention to join forces, so soon it will only be +one joint service. I've used both for different documents, and they +work just fine. While +<a href="https://github.com/sharelatex/sharelatex">ShareLaTeX is free +software</a>, while the latter is not. According to <a +href="https://www.overleaf.com/help/17-is-overleaf-open-source">a +announcement from Overleaf</a>, they plan to keep the ShareLaTeX code +base maintained as free software.</p> + +But these two are not the only alternatives. +<a href="https://app.fiduswriter.org/">Fidus Writer</a> is another free +software solution with <a href="https://github.com/fiduswriter">the +source available on github</a>. I have not used it myself. Several +others can be found on the nice +<a href="https://alternativeto.net/software/sharelatex/">alterntiveTo +web service</a>. + +<p>If you like Google Docs or Etherpad, but would like to write +documents in LaTeX, you should check out these services. You can even +host your own, if you want to. :)</p> + +<p>As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my +activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address +<b><a href="bitcoin:15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b">15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b</a></b>.</p> + + + Locating IMDB IDs of movies in the Internet Archive using Wikidata http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Locating_IMDB_IDs_of_movies_in_the_Internet_Archive_using_Wikidata.html @@ -82,7 +126,7 @@ automatically.</p> and check if the XML metadata for the movie is available from The Internet Archive, and after around 1.5 hour it produced a list of 2097 free movies and their IMDB ID. In total, 171 entries in Wikidata lack -the refered Internet Archive entry. I assume the 60 "disappearing" +the refered Internet Archive entry. I assume the 70 "disappearing" entries (ie 2338-2097-171) are duplicate entries.</p> <p>This is not too bad, given that The Internet Archive report to @@ -286,6 +330,10 @@ Archive: <a href="http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1140317">Q1140 <a href="http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3420907">Q3420907</a>, <a href="http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3429733">Q3429733</a>, <a href="http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q774474">Q774474</a></p> + +<p>As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my +activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address +<b><a href="bitcoin:15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b">15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b</a></b>.</p> @@ -307,6 +355,10 @@ was erected to keep the people from escaping.</p> <p>Do the people in USA supporting this wall really believe it is a one way wall, only keeping people on the outside from getting in, while not keeping people in the inside from getting out?</p> + +<p>As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my +activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address +<b><a href="bitcoin:15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b">15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b</a></b>.</p> @@ -350,6 +402,10 @@ Debian, check out <a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/slic3r">slic3r</a> and <a href="https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/slic3r-prusa">slic3r-prusa</a>. The latter is a fork of the former.</p> + +<p>As usual, if you use Bitcoin and want to show your support of my +activities, please send Bitcoin donations to my address +<b><a href="bitcoin:15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b">15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b</a></b>.</p> @@ -375,6 +431,11 @@ meste av annen jernvare, som verktøy, lamper, ledninger, etc. Jeg håper de har nok kunder til å holde det gående lenge, da dette er en butikk jeg kommer til å besøke ofte. Butikken er et funn å ha i nabolaget for oss som liker å bygge litt selv. :)</p> + +<p>Som vanlig, hvis du bruker Bitcoin og ønsker å vise din støtte til +det jeg driver med, setter jeg pris på om du sender Bitcoin-donasjoner +til min adresse +<b><a href="bitcoin:15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b">15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b</a></b>.</p>