Compare Chrome extensions: TeX for Gmail vs Markdown Here
Stats | TeX for Gmail | Markdown Here |
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User count | 60,000+ | 100,000+ |
Average rating | 4.61 | 4.46 |
Rating count | 354 | 360 |
Last updated | 2020-11-23 | 2015-09-07 |
Size | 157.70K | 574.46K |
Version | 6.7.3 | 2.12.0 |
Short description | |
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Use LaTeX (a method for rendering mathematical formulas) with Gmail. | Write your email in Markdown, then make it pretty. |
Full summary | |
Typeset math in the outgoing and incoming messages. The other person does not have to have TeX for Gmail installed or to use Gmail. Math is viewable in most mail readers and browsers, including mobile ones. |
Markdown Here lets you write email in Markdown and render it (make it pretty!) before sending. This is great for anyone who doesn't like fiddling around with formatting buttons while writing an email. It's especially good for programmers who write email with code in them -- it even supports syntax highlighting. And for the mathematicians among us: Markdown Here will render TeX formulae as well. Totally simple to use:
Markdown Here is primarily targeted to work with Gmail and Thunderbird, but it also works pretty well with Yahoo and Hotmail. Additionally, it works great with Google Groups and Sites, Evernote's web interface, Blogger, Wordpress, and more! Syntax highlighting note: Use fenced code blocks and specify the language name. See the project page for an example. |