[jdleesmiller]

Founder here...

Great to see this on HN! Feedback much appreciated. Happy to answer questions...

[Beltiras]

Have you considered the popular front-end languages like Markdown, org-mode or any of the plethora of formats that have translators to LaTeX?

[JohnHammersley]

Hi Beltiras,

Thanks for the question - we've focused initially on creating a low-barrier-to-entry front-end for LaTeX, but which still worked in the native language. Which way we go in future will depend on the feedback we get on writelatex!

[ilyagr]

This would be really easy to implement using pandoc (http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/), which converts Markdown with extensions and LaTeX formulas into LaTeX. I think it supports Org-mode too.

Markdown would be excellent for sharing short notes and ideas among mathematicians, as opposed to full-blown papers.

Also, great job! I like how simple and efficient the interface is.

[jdleesmiller]

Thanks! This is a great idea --- we'll see what we can do.

[songgao]

Looks neat! Is there possibility to add vim key binding, including search with '/'?

Also Git versioning would be awesome!

[jdleesmiller]

Yes, this is certainly planned.

Thanks! :wq