It is more janky though because it’s a general purpose text editor as opposed to being built specifically for LaTeX so takes a while to get really running.ĮDIT: also worth noting because overleaf is in browser there is literally 0 work needed, no downloading, no need for a TeX distro, it just works. It’s also faster (I think) so theres not much wait between running your Compiler and it appearing as a PDF. I use VScode and also trying to get Vim working, mainly because I use VScode to code other things and I like that you can have your pdf on a separate monitor. Overleaf is also helpful because it’s browser based so if you’re an idiot like me who never backs up their work or want to work on an ipad while on the go it’s useful. MacTeX: an easy-to-install TeX system for Mac OS X, based on TeX Live, with a native Mac installer, the TeXShop front end, and additional Mac-specific tools. I think theres also a Stack Exchange style thing for LaTeX and here is pretty useful to get some things. Along the way you just start picking it up (or just picking piece of markup from your other projects). Theres also the really basic editors like vim and emacs but if you are learning theres not really much point in using them unless you hate yourself.Īs with learning, I did a bit of youtube to get the basics then just learnt as i went typing things like “Tables in LaTeX” into google and usually you get some very good documentation. If you want to put a small bit of effort and you want to learn programming or already program, a text editor like:

If you want something you don’t have to set up and works straight out of the box:

Latex for mac os x