No matter what I tried to do, TeXpad would NOT keep any of the work. I had done a ton of work in a TeX file which was saved locally to my ipad storage. Let’s hope I don’t run into any more issues and if there are, TeXpad continues to improve. Given that this is the only way I have ever been able to *actually* TeX on my ipad - which includes being able to move around large chunks of text that require scrolling - TeXpad gets 5 stars from me today. There are others shortcuts for synching to the editor that I prefer.
#Text editor with latex ipad pro windows
Only by doing that does the program stop trying to scroll both windows at once in side-by-side mode. I don’t have this issue in TeXpad and while I used to still have some scrolling issues - this was resolved by going to “settings,” then “viewer,” and TURNING OFF “synchronize with editor. The scrolling and select text process on ipad has always been weird, and still is in overleaf where rubber-banding can make the whole screen move when all you want to do is select some text and scroll. For years I have been dying to be able to switch to ipad for all of my computer needs, since the touchscreen and apple pencil support have been so phenomenal and become absolutely vital to all of the handwritten work I do (I’m a mathematician, and I assume many using TeX are in a similar field- I use a ton of scratch paper, by-hand notes, etc and don’t want to lug around two devices or buy two expensive devices.) I used to own a laptop EXCLUSIVELY so that I could TeX or write papers. Upgrading to the new ipad pro, using the magic keyboard, and waiting around for many improvements to TeXpad to be made seems to have paid off. It’s been a little bit since I wrote my last review- but my opinion has finally changed and it is my new go-to editor. I would pay a significant amount of money for an app with similar functionality but a reasonable, iOS-standard interface. As annoying as using Overleaf in the browser on iOS is, it’s still a better choice for most people if it’s an option. It is usable if you have to use LaTeX locally on your iPad. There are many other failures and inconveniences in this interface which make it too frustrating to use for any length of time. Autocomplete for citations does not search the title or author, but only matches the exact string of the shortname. While there technically is autocomplete, the interface is confusing and works poorly with a keyboard. The flow through the app is confusing and redundant, with multiple paths to do many things such as opening a project It cannot be closed without resizing the window.
When in split screen, you can open the file tree, but once it is open the button to close it is offscreen. There are keyboard shortcuts, but they aren’t registered in the normal way so you can’t discover them by holding the Command key. Things break when the window is resized. However, the interface is very clumsy and painful to use. (I suspect having my files on Texpad connect is the reason the app was crashing because since last week, the Texpad app also started crashing on my MacBook).įirst I should say, it is very cool to be able to write and compile LaTeX locally on an iPad, and this app deserves credit for that. The complete lack of tech support from their end has been very frustrating and downright appalling, especially given this is a paid app ! The end result is that I have had to delete all my Texpad projects on their Texpad connect. However, I have sent them all the details of my problem I even sent them a screen recording. For some reason, the crashes do not always generate error reports. I have had close to zero support from the Texpad team to help me figure out why. I have not yet been able to figure out why it keeps crashing. However, the iPad version of Texpad has been crashing every single time I have used it, starting a week after I bought it.
#Text editor with latex ipad pro mac
For this reason, I bought the iPad version of the app because I figured I could sync my tex files on my iPad and mac using their Texpad connect. The mac version of Texpad is stylistically very pleasing.
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