On Thu, 9 Jun 2011 16:23:20 +0200 Jacek Generowicz <jacek.generow...@cern.ch> wrote:
> Greetings Cafe, > > What would you recommend as a Haskell-based means of interactively > reading and writing mathematical formulae? > > As a toy example, what might I use to write a program which presents > the user with > > Please simplify the expression: \pi x^2 + 3\pi x^2 > > (Where the TeX-style expression would be presented with a greek pi > and superscript twos on the xs.) > > The user should then have the ability to reply with something that > looks like the result of TeXing > > 5 \pi x^2 > > Whatever means the user uses to enter this expression, he should be > able to preview the "typeset" version of his input before submitting. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks. > Regarding the rendering math formulas on web browsers: you might want to have a look at MathJax (http://www.mathjax.org/). You can use LaTeX or MathML and will work in most browsers (even if when they don't natively support MathML). Pedro _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe