[FRIAM] ASCIIMathML.js demo

[Russell Standish]

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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