[OS X TeX] LaTeX on iPad?

[Sr Sur]

>
> I'm thinking about an iPad. It's disappointing that this thing won't run
> native OS X apps (and who knows, maybe down the road a new version will),
> but is there any thought to porting LaTeX (and TeXShop?) to the iPhone OS
> (or whatever the iPad runs)?
>
> I think the iPad is mostly going to be a passive device (a terrific browser
> and reader, not necessarily terrific for creating content except email or
> other nearly pure text), so perhaps this is a foolish question.
>

I don't think it is; at least not for me :-)

If the iPad had TeX, in some form, then (for me) it would replace the need
to carry the laptop for the occasional traveller. While clearly not ideal
for hard work, it would be close to ideal for final retouches of
presentations, navigating the internet, checking webmails, reading (and
annotating) papers in PDF, etc. The things you usually need to do when
traveling, attending a conference, visiting a foreign university, etc.
MacBooks are too heavy and too large for such tasks (and they do not really
fit in the plane's seat table).

I totally agree with you Josep Maria!!!.

In my opinion... Apple Designers think about iPad  not only as web
searcher.. mailing tool or a new Papers visor device... These are the first
steps.  I think it will be a new tool and  an open source of app., and a
Kind of "portable LaTex-TexShop" could be one of them??.

Sr. Sur

On 6 March 2010 16:05, Josep Maria Font <jmfont at ub.edu> wrote:

> El 06/03/2010, a les 14:53, David Derbes va escriure:
>
>
>  I'm thinking about an iPad. It's disappointing that this thing won't run
>> native OS X apps (and who knows, maybe down the road a new version will),
>> but is there any thought to porting LaTeX (and TeXShop?) to the iPhone OS
>> (or whatever the iPad runs)?
>>
>> I think the iPad is mostly going to be a passive device (a terrific
>> browser and reader, not necessarily terrific for creating content except
>> email or other nearly pure text), so perhaps this is a foolish question.
>>
>
> I don't think it is; at least not for me :-)
>
> If the iPad had TeX, in some form, then (for me) it would replace the need
> to carry the laptop for the occasional traveller. While clearly not ideal
> for hard work, it would be close to ideal for final retouches of
> presentations, navigating the internet, checking webmails, reading (and
> annotating) papers in PDF, etc. The things you usually need to do when
> traveling, attending a conference, visiting a foreign university, etc.
> MacBooks are too heavy and too large for such tasks (and they do not really
> fit in the plane's seat table).
>
> Just my 2 cents...
>
>
> JMaF
>
>
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