Welcome to CoCalc’s User Manual!

This explains in depth how you can work productively on CoCalc.

Introduction

Teaching

Features

ChatGPT
- ChatGPT Tour
- GPT-3.5 and GPT-4
- Jupyter Notebooks
- Sage Worksheets
- Editing Python, R, and Other Files
- Linux Terminal
- Scientific Documents
- ChatGPT on Sign-in and Feature Pages
- ChatGPT in Chat Rooms and Side Chat
- GPT-4 in CoCalc Courses
- CoCalc Admins: add ChatGPT to your site
GPT4 with Courses
- First Notice of GPT-4 Use
- Ongoing Use of GPT-4
Jupyter Notebooks
- Getting Started with Jupyter Notebooks
- CoCalc Enhancements to Jupyter Notebooks
- Classical Versus CoCalc Jupyter Notebooks
- Jupyter Tips and Tricks
Slides
- Chat
- Collaborative Editing
- Cut or Copy and Paste
- Edges
- Frames
- Hashtags
- Icons
- Insert Slide
- Jupyter Cells
- LaTeX Expressions
- Navigate With Arrow Keys
- Overview Map
- Pages View
- Pens
- Presentation Mode
- Publish
- Search View
- Split Windows
- Sticky Notes
- Stopwatches and Timers
- Table of Contents
- Text
- TimeTravel
- To-do Lists
Whiteboard
- Chat
- Collaborative Editing
- Cut or Copy and Paste
- Edges
- Frames
- Hashtags
- Icons
- Insert Page
- Jupyter Cells
- LaTeX Expressions
- Navigate With Arrow Keys
- Pages View
- Overview Map
- Pens
- Publish
- Search View
- Split Whiteboard Windows
- Sticky Notes
- Stopwatches and Timers
- Table of Contents
- Text
- TimeTravel
- To-do Lists
Vouchers
- About CoCalc Vouchers
- Examples of Voucher Use
- Obtaining a Voucher
- Redeeming voucher codes
- Questions?
On-Premises CoCalc
Projects
- Project Files
- (+) New
- Default contents for new files
- Project Log
- Project Settings
- Project Upgrades
- Project Library
- Project Initialization Scripts
- Projects FAQ
- Projects Page Tour
LaTeX Editor
- Getting started with LaTeX
- LaTeX editor features
- LaTeX Howto and FAQ
- Import from Overleaf/Sharelatex
Sage Worksheets
- Introduction
- What’s a Sage Worksheet?
- How to Revert/Undo Changes in a Sage Worksheet
- Help for Programmers
- Sage Worksheet Slow When Plotting? Disable svg.
- How Long are Definitions Stored in a Sage Worksheet?
- Wiki resources
- Help about SageMath
- Howto
Linux Terminal
- Terminal Tour
- Quickstart
- Features
- Tips and tricks
Servers
- Servers
Users
- Users
Upgrades
- Member hosting
- Internet access
- Idle timeout
- Disk space
- RAM
- CPU
Visual Studio Code Server
Backups
- Snapshots
- TimeTravel
- Off-site backups
Graphical Applications
- Getting started
- Installed Applications
- Tips & Tricks
Chatrooms
- Features
- Creating a Chatroom
- @-mentions
- Hashtags
- Side Chat
Task Lists
- Creating a Task List
- Editing the Description (Markdown)
- Completing a task
- Moving tasks
- Due date
- Hashtags
- Search
- Keyboard shortcuts
- File format
Stopwatches and Timers
- Creating a Stopwatch or Timer
- When a Timer Counts Down to Zero
Tours
Flyout Panels
- Explorer
- New File
- Project Log
- Find Files
- Processes
- Settings
Frame Editor
- Supported file types
- Multiple Cursors
- Spell Checker
- Side Chat
- Search and Replace Inside the File
Markdown
- Introduction
- Where Markdown can be used in CoCalc
- Enhanced features in CoCalc Markdown
- Search and Replace Within the File
- About the CoCalc Implementation of Markdown
Rich Text Editing
- Where Rich Text Editing is Available
- Real-time Collaboration
- LaTeX in Rich Text Editing
- Font options
- Insert emoji
- Limitations
CSV Viewer
Time Travel
- Using Time Travel
- Export History
- Who Changed My File?
- Clear TimeTravel History for a File
Snippets
- System-wide Snippets
- Custom Snippets
Shared Files
- Viewing Files on the Share Server
- Publishing Files
- Vanity URLs
- View Your File on the Share Server
- Starring Shared Files
- Sharing Rendered Notebooks
- File Sharing Tips
Restrict Student Projects
- Disable file actions
- Disable whether cells are editable
- Disable Jupyter Classic notebook server
- Disable Jupyter Classic mode
- Disable JupyterLab notebook server
- Disable VS Code IDE Server
- Disable Pluto Julia notebook server
- Disable command line terminal
- Disable file uploads
- Disable adding or removing collaborators
- Disable outgoing network access
- Disable SSH access to project
- Disable all ChatGPT integration
- Disable some ChatGPT integration
- Disable Public sharing

Platform

Indices, references and tables

Appendix