<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">Hi<br>
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Summary: Most popular computer languages provide useful interactive online help and documentation. LaTeX<br>
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Date and time: Thursday 2 September, 6.30 to 7.30pm UK time.<br>
UK time now: <a href="https://time.is/UK" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://time.is/UK</a>.<br>
Zoom URL: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/78551255396?pwd=cHdJN0pTTXRlRCtSd1lCTHpuWmNIUT09" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/78551255396?pwd=cHdJN0pTTXRlRCtSd1lCTHpuWmNIUT09</a><br>
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OVERVIEW</div><div class="gmail_quote">I'd like our community to develop online tools to help LaTeX authors, particularly beginners. Here's an example. It's easy to make a syntax error when writing a LaTeX document. And then you get a TeX error, perhaps unconnected with your error. I'd like to see an online LaTeX syntax checker, that's linked to a help system.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">Searching for <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=json+syntax+checker" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/search?q=json+syntax+checker</a> immediately gives about 20 online JSON checkers. However, a similar search for LaTeX doesn't give similar results. I think there's a big gap here.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">HTML has <a href="https://www.w3schools.com/" target="_blank">https://www.w3schools.com/</a>, which allows you to start learning immediately. For comparison look at <a href="https://www.learnlatex.org/en/" target="_blank">https://www.learnlatex.org/en/</a>.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">That's my gripe. I'd like to hear yours, and discuss what we could do to improve interactive online help and documentation for LaTeX users, particularly beginners.<br>
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INVITE<br>
You're invited to tomorrow's TeX Hour: Interactive online help.<br>
Date and time: Thursday 2 September, 6.30 to 7.30pm UK time.<br>
UK time now: <a href="https://time.is/UK" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://time.is/UK</a>.<br>
Zoom URL: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/78551255396?pwd=cHdJN0pTTXRlRCtSd1lCTHpuWmNIUT09" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/78551255396?pwd=cHdJN0pTTXRlRCtSd1lCTHpuWmNIUT09</a><br>
Meeting ID: 785 5125 5396<br>
Passcode: knuth<br><br>
LAST WEEK'S VIDEOS<br>Last week's TeX Hour was onPortable TeX Documents.  It's now closer to being a thing. I'm encouraged. The videos are available at</div><div class="gmail_quote"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw1FZfIX1w7gcm6b4MzRKDIlW7xV4yFnd" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw1FZfIX1w7gcm6b4MzRKDIlW7xV4yFnd</a></div><div class="gmail_quote">  <br>Happy TeXing<br>
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Jonathan<br>
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