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Subject: Re: Rendering <latex math: formular>?
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2017 00:04:15 -0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 01 Feb 2017 10:20:02 +0000, Dan Purgert wrote:

> Unknown wrote:
>> Being located in a remote location, with problematic inet access, I've
>> accumulated many text-files containing some <latex maths formulae>.
>> fetched while I <paid> to get my emails.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> How would I be able to read these text files',
>>   apparently latex contents?
>>   
>>   
> Assuming they're otherwise properly formatted latex documents, running
> them through the latex parser should do it for you. IIRC, the package is
> simply named 'latex'.
> 
> Note that depending on what features they're using, it may require
> additional libraries beyond the base 'latex' package.
> 
> HTH

No, blindly putting standard *.tex throught standard LaTex tools won't
suffice. It needs the original *.html which has been converted to text,
to have the appropriate header and tail to be added to make a valid
*.tex file. But how?

I need to speak with the idian-year, not the sales clerk!