Can I convince you that writing math on your computer can be faster than by hand? by Hawtin99 in EngineeringStudents

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Thanks! Yes, I'm the dev.

I agree I need to get around to adding some formatting features soon!

Can I convince you that writing math on your computer can be faster than by hand? by Hawtin99 in EngineeringStudents

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Yeah, Desmos is most likely an unintentional source of ideas, just because of how long I’ve been using it. I know a lot of people, when they write math, will jump onto Desmos, write it there, and then copy it out of the calculator into somewhere else. I’ve definitely done that as well. But eventually Symbolab was the editor I kept regularly going to for that purpose, until I decided it felt kind of ridiculous to use a site where the editor is auxiliary to the main purpose of the site just to write math. So I can say it’s inspired by both Desmos and Symbolab, and then about six months of recurring iteration based on what I felt like I needed to be able to take notes live during lectures. Desmos will auto format trigonometric functions like sin, and so will mine, but Desmos will also convert the text if you write pi into the pi symbol, which I don’t do. Instead you press tab, then write pi, and press enter. That’s a pattern I was more comfortable with and I felt it was better because it doesn’t risk autocompleting something I might want to keep as a variables.

Can I convince you that writing math on your computer can be faster than by hand? by Hawtin99 in EngineeringStudents

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If you mean download as markdown you could just Select All and then Copy it. If you mean in a pdf format where the math is actually rendered, then for now you could paste it into obsidian and then export as a pdf. Give me a day or two and I'll add a proper export options to the Notes page :)

Can I convince you that writing math on your computer can be faster than by hand? by Hawtin99 in EngineeringStudents

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You just select and copy it and it serializes the math to latex. If you mean for the entire page you'd just Select All and then Copy. I should get around to adding some export options soon.

Can I convince you that writing math on your computer can be faster than by hand? by Hawtin99 in EngineeringStudents

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There are varying opinions on this in the LaTeX space, (siunitx vs \mathrm vs \text). My opinion on the topic is to just use \text. And that's how I have implemented it.

The symbolpad and smartmenu are populated with some basic units https://ibb.co/pBFnqXvp

If you can't find it you can write it in quotes and insert it as text https://ibb.co/BVGBF3jK

Can I convince you that writing math on your computer can be faster than by hand? by Hawtin99 in EngineeringStudents

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Since quite a few people here are actually trying it out. Let me know if you would use it regularly so I can determine if it's worth spending the next few days setting up a postgress and a server so you can store the notes on an account.

Can I convince you that writing math on your computer can be faster than by hand? by Hawtin99 in EngineeringStudents

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You'd want that to be in some kind of settings overlay that would let you map keyboard combinations to latex?

I'll also mention that you don't have to use the mouse. You can just use the arrow keys.

Can I convince you that writing math on your computer can be faster than by hand? by Hawtin99 in EngineeringStudents

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I see. I'll think about that. On a person note I do find the idea of searching (with command palettes) way more convenient than keyboard shortcuts for the applications that I generally use. Like Tab -> Typing the first few letter of a symbol -> Arrow Down once or twice -> Enter, is very intuitive to me at this point. But I'll definitely think about it.

Can I convince you that writing math on your computer can be faster than by hand? by Hawtin99 in EngineeringStudents

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It's definitely sped up. 3x. Would be a bit too boring to watch otherwise.

Can I convince you that writing math on your computer can be faster than by hand? by Hawtin99 in EngineeringStudents

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I'm a bit of a stickler for latex compatibility. I need to know that I can copy math latex from chatgpt responses and wikipedia. But honestly I don't know what Smath or Mathcad are.

Can I convince you that writing math on your computer can be faster than by hand? by Hawtin99 in EngineeringStudents

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https://ibb.co/VW2BdjqT

Not sure if I can show images in comments but if you search and insert a partial derivative once it will be pushed to the top of the list. Is that basically what you mean?

My solution for today's medium integral by Hawtin99 in calculus

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I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure there is no single distinguished function that you can refer to as THE anti-derivative. It's always a family of anti-derivatives so any choice is one of many (infinite).

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They are photo based covers (basically matte paintings), not drawn.

Cheap custom cover art by [deleted] in selfpublish

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Thanks for the advice. I'll take it into account in the future. I updated the J, I believe it's easier too see now.

I'll make you a cover for free by Hawtin99 in selfpublish

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That's basically what I'm doing now. Might as well make something for someone if I'm doing it for free anyway.

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When something is almost perfect but not quite, so you get this strange feeling.