On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Simon King <simon.k...@uni-jena.de> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On 30 Mrz., 07:40, Jason Grout <jason-s...@creativetrax.com> wrote:
>> On 3/30/12 12:28 AM, Dima Pasechnik wrote:
>> > is there any real reason to include MathJax?
>> > MathJax works reasonably well when it pulls
>> > everything needed from the web.
>> > I would rather see it as an optional package.
>>
>> Our purpose is to make a single self-contained spkg that does not
>> require web access to install or use on localhost.
>
> To me, that sounds like an argument for *not* including it by default.
>
> Do I understand correctly that it is only needed to download the fonts
> *once*? Or would it be needed in every new session with the single
> cell server?
>
> I'd say:
>  * If a user doesn't mind to pull fonts from the web, then there is no
> reason to have an oversized standard package.

The thread started with "For anyone interested in working with the
sage cell server, we've made an experimental spkg ".
I think nobody is talking about standard packages included in Sage here.

William

>  * If a user really *never ever* wants to be connected with the
> internet while running the single cell server, then s/he should better
> install an optional MathJax package first.
>
> So, I am for making MathJax an optional package *separate* from the
> sagecell spkg.
>
> Cheers,
> Simon
>
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