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
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Why not PDFs (or LaTeX markup for plain text emails)? Its what we use
now.
Cheers
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