[Settfa] Overleaf

[Tomasz Kania]

Hi Karen,

I second Wiesiek's opinon. I've been using Overleaf since 2012 but now I am
more into using VS Code + git version control. However, some people don't
want to work in this setting; so I think it is a good idea. I remember that
a couple of years ago the (previous) director brought up this topic but
there was no interest as far as I remember.

Best wishes,
Tomek

On Wed, 17 Jul 2024 at 15:08, Wieslaw Kubis <kubisw at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
> >
> > ______________
> > Karen Strung
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> >
> > Institute of Mathematics,
> > Czech Academy of Sciences
> > Prague, Czech Republic
> >
> >
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