# Creating a JuliaTeX group on github

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/creating-a-juliatex-group-on-github/6288>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [October 6, 2017, 8:20am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/creating-a-juliatex-group-on-github/6288 "2017-10-06T08:20:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![bramtayl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bramtayl/32/3614_2.png) [@bramtayl](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bramtayl)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 12:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/creating-a-juliatex-group-on-github/6288/21 "2017-10-10T12:05:18Z")

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I don’t know why you wouldn’t just make a PR?

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**Author:** ![ko56](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ko56/32/2684_2.png) [@ko56](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ko56)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 12:37pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/creating-a-juliatex-group-on-github/6288/22 "2017-10-11T12:37:42Z")

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Another interesting possibility would be a Julia plugin for TeXmacs  
[http://www.texmacs.org](http://www.texmacs.org).  
For example, TeXmacs already has plugins for R, Python, Maxima, Reduce, Fricas, Sage. Also, TeXmacs exports immediately to LaTeX.

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**Author:** ![Azzaare](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/azzaare/32/21008_2.png) [@Azzaare](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Azzaare)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 2:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/creating-a-juliatex-group-on-github/6288/23 "2017-10-12T02:53:13Z")

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> [@bramtayl](#):
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> I don’t know why you wouldn’t just make a PR?

Simply because I finished my BibTeX parser before knowing that your parser existed (I would have used yours if I knew …). As the structures of both are different (and some functionalities) it won’t be straightforward to merge them.  
Also, I think taking into account functionalities, speed of (pre)compilation and execution and easiness to maintain is important.

I will prepare a test case for speed evaluation at some point next week and let you know the results. Is that OK?

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**Author:** ![bramtayl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/bramtayl/32/3614_2.png) [@bramtayl](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/bramtayl)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 3:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/creating-a-juliatex-group-on-github/6288/24 "2017-10-12T03:35:22Z")

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I’m actually glad someone is taking this on. I started out looking at it just for fun, but realized quickly that I’m not too invested in bibliography management. Hence why it remains unpublished. As far as the part I wrote, BibTeX.jl is rather slow and not fully featured. However, I think it would be not to reuse code that’s already written. The parts that stevengj wrote I think are very useful, and not just for BibTeX, but LaTex more generally.

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**Author:** ![mgubi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mgubi/32/23955_2.png) [@mgubi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mgubi)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 8:12am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/creating-a-juliatex-group-on-github/6288/25 "2021-04-13T08:12:49Z")

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I’ve started another thread here on the topic of TeXmacs/Julia interaction: [TeXmacs plugin for Julia](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/texmacs-plugin-for-julia/59164)

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