Have you tried this out? Its sorta fun....
http://docs.latexlab.org/
It would be an interesting way to teach LaTeX--no need to maintain
student computers. I don't use Google docs, so I don't understand the
overall view of this, but I did open their test document, edit it, and
compile it.
It won't compete with LyX or ScientificWord, but certainly with
Emacs/AucTex, TexMaker, or TexPower. I'd say it completely beats the
hell out of Emacs, actually, if only I could run their thing "in" my
system, not on theirs.
I was thinking it might give LyX developers some ideas about how to
make the LaTeX gui more convenient. They have most of the usual math
and symbol inserters, etc. They have a icon labeled "Above and Below"
that leads to a couple of LaTeX environments I have never seen before,
like \overbrace{}^{}. That's fun!
pj
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Paul E. Johnson
Professor, Political Science
1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504
University of Kansas
