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author: dhananjayishere
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date: 2011-10-11 10:18:00
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title: LaTeX on the go.
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This is just another day I thanked web 2.0, this time the story goes like this.

 I needed to prepare a LaTeX document on the go, had no laptop with me and I couldnt find one with LaTeX installed, and installing LaTeX with current internet speeds, was the unthinkable.

 I tried to settle with a word processor, but the idea hit me that I should search web, a simple search took me to [http://duckduckgo.com/?q=online+latex+editors](http://duckduckgo.com/?q=online+latex+editors)

 I selected two links from the top,
[MonkeyTex](http://monkeytex.bradcater.webfactional.com/) has a really simple no frills yet beautiful interface, where [ScribeTex](https://www.scribtex.com/) offer a feature filled one. They also offer paid plans, other than a free plan which restricts you in number of projects and collaborators.
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			`author: dhananjayishere`
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			`date: 2011-10-11 10:18:00`
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Convert from old categories to tags import sys import yaml with open(sys.argv[1]) as fp: data = fp.read() if not data.find("---") == 0: # no head print("NO YAML HEAD FOUND") sys.exit(-1) data = data[3:] head_end = data.find("---") head = data[0:head_end] data = data[head_end+3:] metadata = yaml.safe_load(head) cats = metadata.pop('categories', None) if cats != None: if type(cats) == list: tags = cats elif type(cats) == str: tags = cats.split() tags = list(map(lambda t: t.lower(), tags)) metadata["tags"] = ", ".join(tags) new_data = f"---\n{yaml.dump(metadata, default_flow_style=False)}---{data}" # write it print(f"coverted: categories to tags: {tags} - {sys.argv[1]}") with open(sys.argv[1], "w") as fp: fp.write(new_data) sys.exit(0) if not metadata.get("tags", None): metadata["tags"] = "untagged" new_data = f"---\n{yaml.dump(metadata, default_flow_style=False)}---{data}" print(f"untagged: {sys.argv[1]}") # write it with open(sys.argv[1], "w") as fp: fp.write(new_data) sys.exit(0) print("No changes needed") 2019-01-28 22:16:27 +00:00			`tags: latex, tips`
intial commit 2017-01-22 21:30:42 +00:00			`title: LaTeX on the go.`
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			`This is just another day I thanked web 2.0, this time the story goes like this.`

			`I needed to prepare a LaTeX document on the go, had no laptop with me and I couldnt find one with LaTeX installed, and installing LaTeX with current internet speeds, was the unthinkable.`

			`I tried to settle with a word processor, but the idea hit me that I should search web, a simple search took me to [http://duckduckgo.com/?q=online+latex+editors](http://duckduckgo.com/?q=online+latex+editors)`

			`I selected two links from the top,`
			`[MonkeyTex](http://monkeytex.bradcater.webfactional.com/) has a really simple no frills yet beautiful interface, where [ScribeTex](https://www.scribtex.com/) offer a feature filled one. They also offer paid plans, other than a free plan which restricts you in number of projects and collaborators.`