TeXLive.js

http://manuels.github.io/texlive.js/

by lelf • 13 years ago

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ivan_ah• 13 years ago

Nice. It ran a little slow for my liking, but impressive nevertheless.

How does this project differ from pdftex.js? https://github.com/manuels/pdftex.js

nmc5• 13 years ago

Since there already exists a perfectly fine TeXLive distribution, why write it in JS? (In that case, I believe JS is deeply inadequate, probably missing something...)

I was far more impressed by the LaTeX2HTML5 [1] project, to compile LaTeX into part of a webpage instead of a DVI or PDF.

[1] https://github.com/pyramation/LaTeX2HTML5

lelf• 13 years ago

It's not writing in, it's compiling to. JS is the new assembler language.

nmc5• 13 years ago

I fail to understand your point.

I see a "pdftex.js" [1] program which seems to compile a TEX file into a PDF file... which I would call writing TeXLive in JS. If I read correctly, this was partly automated by using "emscripten" to convert the original C++ implementation into a JS implementation (which is why some parts "compile to" JS).

I also do not understand what "new assembler language" means in the context of TeXLive. But what I want to understand is: why?

Why would any one want TeXLive in JS? Where is the advantage? (Please do not answer "portability".)

[1] https://github.com/manuels/texlive.js/blob/master/pdftex.js

benjamta• 13 years ago

Very nice. Whatever your views on JS are this is an impressive project.

chj• 13 years ago

Looked into this project before. My conclusion is: the way emscripten works is not suitable for TeX Live project because it is impossible to pre-load such a huge collection of files.

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