On Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 08:39:56PM -0600, Owen Densmore wrote: > Executive summary: Can we as a community rely on MathML compliance > within our browsers? > > Details: I've come across an interesting javascript equation builder > that takes an ascii string in backticks (i.e. ` ... `) and converts > it to MathML. > http://www1.chapman.edu/~jipsen/mathml/asciimath.html > > This is nifty, but has one pretty bad downside: it requires your > browser to support MathML. I seem to recall some hassles like > downloading weird fonts and so on. From my notes: > - MIT MathML Fonts: Mathematica 4.1 TrueType > Note: Installer did not include CMSY10 CMEX10 (TeX computer modern), > due to a bug. To stop annoying popup about missing fonts, use: > user_pref("font.mathfont-family", "Math1, Math2, Math4, Symbol"); > Put in prefs.js or use about:config creating new pref. > In other words, your basic 2 hour fussing around. This may no longer > be a hassle. > > Here's a page where you can build your own samples using ASCIIMathML: > http://www1.chapman.edu/~jipsen/mathml/asciimathdemo.html > > So here's the question: Can we rely on MathML for our collective > work? Or do we have to use .gif's for all our math we'd like to > exchange with one another? > > -- Owen > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
Why not PDFs (or LaTeX markup for plain text emails)? Its what we use now. Cheers -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A/Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Mathematics UNSW SYDNEY 2052 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Australia http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
