[Settfa] Overleaf

[Wieslaw Kubis]

Dear Karen, dear all,

I think it is a good idea to send this message to ved_prac at math.cas.cz, 
some settfa members are not our institute members. In general, I would 
support this idea, although I prefer to work offline and sometimes use 
git for synchronization. On the other hand, git is a bit advanced and it 
is perfectly understandable that someone doesn't want to learn it.

All the best,

Wieslaw


Dne 17. 07. 24 v 1:57 odp. Karen Strung napsal(a):
> Dear Settfa folks,
>
> I am wondering if any of you use Overleaf for your collaborations?
>
> If you’re not familiar with Overleaf, it’s an online LaTex compiler 
> which is extremely handy for collaborations as it allows multiple 
> people to edit the document at the same time without creating a whole 
> bunch of conflicted copies (as happens using something like Dropbox). 
> It also has a handy “History” section which allows you to see recent 
> changes, as well as who made them. There is a free version, which, up 
> until now, has been adequate. Technically you were only allowed to 
> invite a single collaborator to a given project. However, there was a 
> work-around that allowed you to send a link to people that would allow 
> them to become editors of the project. Unfortunately, it seems like 
> Overleaf is now cracking down on this, as all my projects with more 
> than one other collaborator are giving warnings that as of 29 July, 
> they will be made “viewers” of the project and no longer be able to 
> edit.  Needless to say this is rather inconvenient as I have a number 
> of projects on the go that have multiple collaborators.
>
> If enough people are using Overleaf, I would like to write to the 
> director to suggest we get an Institute-wide account. This would 
> obviously be better than everyone paying for their own individual 
> accounts. Another possibility would be for a number of us to go 
> together on a group deal, which does make it more affordable.
>
> Please, let me know if you use or would use Overleaf, and if you know 
> of anyone else in the Institute who does, please pass along their 
> name, as I’d like to contact them as well.
>
> Best,
> Karen
>
>
>
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> Czech Academy of Sciences
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