VerbTeX LaTeX Editor - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads - Apple App Store

Description

VerbTeX is a free LaTeX Editor for your iOS device. It allows you to create and manage LaTeX projects directly on your iOS device and generate a PDF offline (Verbnox) or online (Verbosus).

This software is provided "as is" without warranties or conditions of any kind, either expressed or implied.

Features:
* Offline compilation (Local Mode, enable in Settings)
* Automatic Dropbox synchronization (Local Mode)
* Automatic Box synchronization (Local Mode)
* Git integration (Local Mode)
* iCloud integration (Local Mode)
* Use PdfTeX or XeTeX to generate a PDF
* Use BibTeX or Biber for bibliographies
* 2 Modes: Local (stores .tex documents on your device) and Cloud (synchronizes your projects with Verbosus)
* Syntax highlighting
* Line numbers
* Autosave
* Hotkeys (see below)
* File upload incl. subfolders (Local Mode)
* Web-Interface (Cloud Mode)
* Two factor authentication (Cloud Mode, in combination with Copiosus)
* No ads

Additional features in VerbTeX Pro:
* Code completion (commands)
* Unlimited number of projects (Local Mode)
* Unlimited number of documents per project (Local Mode)
* Unlimited number of file uploads per project (Local Mode)
* Unlimited number of projects (Cloud Mode)
* Unlimited number of documents per project (Cloud Mode)

Limitations in free VerbTeX version:
* Max. number of projects (Local Mode): 2
* Max. number of documents per project (Local Mode): 2
* Max. number of file uploads per project (Local Mode): 4
* Max. number of projects (Cloud Mode): 4
* Max. number of documents per project (Cloud Mode): 4

If you experience any performance issues when loading a project or while using the editor please try
* to disable syntax highlighting and line numbers by choosing Settings -> Syntax Highlighting
* to split up your project into multiple .tex files by using the include{...} command of LaTeX

Import or export existing projects (Local Mode):
* Git integration lets you create a new or clone an existing repository.
* Automatic Dropbox or Box synchronization (Settings -> Link to Dropbox or Box). Synchronization is done once a minute.
* Copy the existing files to or from your root Documents path by using Finder -> Device -> VerbTeX -> Files -> Drag and drop your files. Please refresh the project list.

Use any .ttf/.otf font (Local Mode):
If you want to use a custom font or a font that is not installed you can import it via Git integration, via Dropbox, via Box or manually via Finder. In your project you can use the font like this:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{fontname.otf}
\begin{document}
\section{Main Heading}
Это тест
\end{document}

You can write chinese in PdfTeX using the CJKutf8 package as shown in the following example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{CJKutf8}
\begin{document}
\begin{CJK}{UTF8}{gbsn}
这是一个测试
\end{CJK}
\end{document}

You can write chinese in XeTeX using the xeCJK package as shown in the following example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xeCJK}
\begin{document}
这是一个测试
\end{document}

Hotkeys in editor:
ctrl+s: save
ctrl+g: generate PDF
ctrl+n: new document
ctrl+d: delete document
ctrl+b: switch bib and tex
ctrl+.: next document

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User Rating

4.46 out of 5

35 ratings in United Kingdom

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Reviews

Great application.

Excellent and simple application for creating documents on the go when there is access to mobile data or WiFi.

Needs very tidy files!

I guess it's good if you start projects from scratch and make sure that all your bibliography entries are tidied up nicely. But this is not what I'm doing most of the time; I'm often recycling old bibliogaphy files and that then may have double entries in them and a couple of other things going on that would cause warnings but no errors. In TeXstudio that's not a big deal as warnings are just skipped. In VerbTeX this is aparently fatal as the PDF cannot be built at all then. In my view this kinda misses the point of an app like this because you'd always use this as a quick fix, in the absence of a fully functional LaTeX distribution and editor. I don't see a point in writing a whol e paper on my iPad

Does a great job, although misses an autofill function

Basically what the title says, does the job really well, although an autofill would do wonders in such an app.

Surprisingly good for the iPad

Naturally there are limitations using this software, because of the restricted iPad keyboard itself. The two major issues are defining selection boxes with your fingers for cut and paste within the editor, and also the absence of a forward delete key. These restrictions are no doubt inherent features of the iPad itself. Otherwise the software itself is really good! So I think this is as good at it could get for Latex on an iPad. I now use it a lot when away from my PC. Really Recommended!

Great LaTeX Editor

Been using it for a while and have had no problems. I do have one question, is there any facility for changing the colour syntax colours? I find the dark blue and purple quite hard to differentiate, especially on a Dark background

Where is the help?

Says it all! In particular, I am trying to find out how to manage the files in a project. Please help :-) !!

Really useful

This is a great app for using LaTEX on the go

can’t open or save to icloud files

Does the job.

It works like it is supposed to, though I find myself having to download separate apps to learn how to use it. It’s good though.

Good but ...

Good for on the go latex editing but frustrating that there doesn’t seem to be away of zooming the pdf display

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