LaTeX Pad

Tools for collaborative LaTeX documents.

• Create a new database
• Download the OwnCloud tar ball and explod it into your htdocs
• Create the directories and give the right permissions:

$ mkdir data
	$ mkdir apps2
	$ chown -R apache:apache apps/ config/ data apps2

• Access your server and follow the instalations instructions, selecting MySQL in the advanced configs
• Edit your OWNCLOUD_DIR/config/config.php

'appstoreenabled' => true,
	'appstoreurl' => 'http://api.apps.owncloud.com/v1',
	'apps_paths' => array (
		0 =>
		array (
			'path' => 'OWNCLOUD_DIR/apps',
			'url' => '/apps',
			'writable' => false,
		),
		1 =>
		array (
			'path' => 'OWNCLOUD_DIR/apps2',
			'url' => '/apps2',
			'writable' => true,
		),
	)

• Edit the OWNCLOUD_DIR/lib/mimetypes.list.php and add the line:

  'tex' => 'application/x-tex'

• Enter in the apps2 directory and clone the app:

  $ git clone https://github.com/eduoda/latexpad.git

• Go to "Application" interface and enable the LaTeX Pad app
• Go to the "Admin" interface and configure the APIKEY and the Etherpad Server.
• Install the etherpad
• Go to ETHERPAD_DIR/node_modules and clone the plugin:

  $ git clone https://github.com/eduoda/ep_latexpad.git

• Access the etherpad admin page and check if the plugin is enabled.
• Done!

Using LaTeX Pad

• Log in the owncloud
• Click on New -> LaTeX Project
• Type the project name and [ENTER]
• Enter in the directory
• Click the latex file to edit
• If you need another latex document click New->Text file
• Enter the file name with a .tex extension then [ENTER]
• The pdf generation os done every 10 seconds if the source has changed
• You can also click on [Compile Project]
• New pages are loaded and they blink 3 times (it's very annoying)