LaTeX compiler in-browser

[pulsejet]

Supports compilation of LaTeX in browser with WASM (https://github.com/SwiftLaTeX/SwiftLaTeX)

This is mostly just a PoC not intended for merging due to limitations in SwiftLaTeX:

1. It's way of fetching required files is terribly inefficient (no caching)
2. It also relies on a service hosted by SwiftLaTeX to fetch these files instead of CTAN (even though I read somewhere that it can use CTAN ...)
3. SwiftLaTeX is AGPL-3.0

[zjkmxy]

#5

[zjkmxy]

LGTM

[yoursunny]

2. It also relies on a service hosted by SwiftLaTeX to fetch these files instead of CTAN (even though I read somewhere that it can use CTAN ...)

Neither would satisfy cloud optional.

If the file retrieval functionality is a pluggable module, it can be converted to retrieve from NDN network.
The entire CPAN library is then converted to a synchronized NDN repository, hosted on capable hosts.

[pulsejet]

Neither would satisfy cloud optional.

It kinda does, if you can host your own repo of modules. We'll always have some webserver dependence anyway, unless we package this app with electron.

If the file retrieval functionality is a pluggable module, it can be converted to retrieve from NDN network. The entire CPAN library is then converted to a synchronized NDN repository, hosted on capable hosts.

This is ideal 💯

[pulsejet]

I've marked the PR as ready @zjkmxy

[zjkmxy]

Based on our discussion we will not merge this PR for now, but will keep maintaining the branch until we make it a loadable module.