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Founder here...

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

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

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!

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.

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

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

Also Git versioning would be awesome!

Yes, this is certainly planned.

Thanks! :wq

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