Coding and LaTeX on IPad

By Duse, 11 August, 2023

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App Development and Programming

Hello all,

I would like to start working on the iPad for on the go. I’m looking for a text editor for primarily LaTeX document editing and possibly other coding languages. VoiceOver compatibility is a must and linking to GitHub would be very helpful.

Thank you,
A. Duse :-)

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By Yvonnezed on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 - 02:10

First let me say that I don't code in laTeX. I do code in other languages though, an the iPad is my primary machine, so I've got some ideas for places to start.

A-shell is an iOS shell app that, among other things, seems to let you compile laTeX locally. It's also got a command line git client called lg2 which does a lot of the basics. Voiceover does work with this, but you might have to toggle it on and off when you first launch it, not really sure why.

Working Copy is a really good iOS Git client. It's got a basic editor that you can use, but the biggest advantage is that it makes Git part of your file system, which means you can use almost any editor you want and it automatically has Git integration.

The final thing I'll mention is Textastic. I actually don't know if it has code completion for laTeX. I know it has syntax highlighting, but I'm not sure about anything else. It's a pretty good programmers text editor as these things go. About the only thing I don't think works brilliantly with this is the terminal mode, at least last time I checked it doesn't speak automatically. If I need a text editor and a terminal at the same time I usually just put Textastic and a-shell or one of the other terminal apps I use next to it in a split.

Feel free to ask me more about any of these. I'm honestly not entirely sure what you're looking for or how technical any of this needs to be. These are a few apps to get you started, though.