An answer to your unstated second question, check this page https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/backup-methods.html
On Sun, Dec 10, 2023 at 6:39 PM Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 07, 2023 at 11:44:53PM -0800, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > > It would be great to work with collaborators who can help > > me upgrade that server to Debian Bookworm and the web > > pages to mediawiki. > > MediaWiki - I'm stuck. The basic wiki behavior is working, > but the next step (before wikifarm) is learning how to add > math markup, and also how to make incremental backups of > the mariadb database. > > Save the backup question for a subsequent email. > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Wikipedia's math markup resembles LaTeX at the user level; > TeX is I prefer and what I've used since the 1980s. > I want to duplicate that user interface and markup > format for my own mediawiki websites. > > > Wikipedia:Sandbox example LaTeX markup: > > <math>\sqrt{x^2+y^2}</math> > > That renders as an SVG in the Wikipedia Sandbox, using > Brave Browser and Firefox. > > The second line of "view-source" of the SVG image is: > <title id="MathJax-SVG-1-Title">{\displaystyle {\sqrt > {x^{2}+y^{2}}}}</title> > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > QUESTIONS: > > How does the Wikipedia server create that SVG image > "under the covers"? > > How do I configure MediaWiki to use the same tool chain > on my own Debian 12 Bookworm server? > > What IS that toolchain at this time, and how do I query > the Wikipedia site to learn what it is? > > Which document(s) should I read? Which contradictory > documents should I ignore? > > Which mailing list should I be asking instead? > > Keith L. > > P.S. I wouldn't mind paying a MediaWiki/Wikipedia guru > to show me how to do this, perhaps even teach a class > to show MANY of us how to do this. > > -- > Keith Lofstrom [email protected] >
