Fwiw, the DDG query that led me to that was: mediawiki latex rendering svg
On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 2:18 AM Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: > Is this relevant and/or helpful at all? > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math > > 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] >> >
