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> but I wanted to work out calculations on a single screen without the code/renderer split screen setup (having the math directly visible is a game-changer for doing long calculations, by the way).

If anyone wants to play with this there are 'online editors' so you don't even have to download/install software nowadays:

* https://latex.codecogs.com/eqneditor/editor.php

This one renders on-screen, as well as allowing downloads as GIF/PNG/PDF/SVG to perhaps embed in other document systems. (Plenty of others as well.)




https://www.mathcha.io/editor is closer to the idea of TeXmacs (editing the typeset document, not the source)


https://www.mathcha.io/editor is indeed much closer to TeXmacs than https://latex.codecogs.com/eqneditor/editor.php. No matter how instant the rendering is, the latter is still split-screen. It may not seem like much, but when you are knee-deep in a calculation the advantage of having a single point of focus for your eyes is huge (at least to me).




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