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Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages

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Norman Peelman wrote:

> On 08/06/2012 03:35 PM, Dr J R Stockton wrote:
>> In comp.lang.javascript message <jvkv3t$3t8$1@dont-email.me>, Sun, 5 Aug
>> 2012 08:08:12, Jukka K. Korpela <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> posted:
>>> 2012-08-05 1:08, Dr J R Stockton wrote:
>>>> [MathJax] uses a JavaScript include file to edit the transmitted body
>>>> [of the page; there is a perceptible delay.
>>> Yes, there might be a flash of non-typeset content, perhaps even more
>>> than just a flash. I've got used to it.
>>
>> This is a P4/3GHz (XP sp3), and my intended document, a translation of
>> Lagrange's prize-winning "Essay ..." of 1772, has about 507 equations.
>> So far, I've translated 37 of them to LaTeX, and it takes about 5
>> seconds to convert them for elegant display.  That suggests around 68
>> seconds for the full work.
>>
>> It's not sufficient for the author to get used to it; one must consider
>> the effect on a first-time reader.
> 
>    I'm surprised that MathJax doesn't offer the ability to create static
> output, but maybe they didn't expect people would have hundreds of
> equations on a single page... If you could grab the .innerHTML and
> generated styles for each equation then you could simply include them.

The goal of MathJax, however, is for scientists to be able to continue using 
the familiar LaTeX syntax in their works and have them presented in a way on 
the Web that is both very compatible (as opposed to e. g. MathML, 
unfortunately) and easily readable (for the scientific community) *without* 
the author having to maintain its HTML representation as well.


PointedEars
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var bugRiddenCrashPronePieceOfJunk = (
    navigator.userAgent.indexOf('MSIE 5') != -1
    && navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Mac') != -1
)  // Plone, register_function.js:16

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MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages Dr J R Stockton <reply1231@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-08-04 23:08 +0100
  Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2012-08-05 08:08 +0300
    Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages Dr J R Stockton <reply1232@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-08-06 20:35 +0100
      Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2012-08-09 22:27 +0300
        Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages Dr J R Stockton <reply1232@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-08-10 22:59 +0100
          Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages Martin Leese <please@see.Web.for.e-mail.INVALID> - 2012-08-11 10:30 -0600
            Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages Dr J R Stockton <reply1232@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-08-12 19:20 +0100
          Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2012-08-11 20:00 +0300
            Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages Dr J R Stockton <reply1232@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-08-12 19:38 +0100
              Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2012-08-13 08:06 +0300
                Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages Dr J R Stockton <reply1233@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-08-14 19:29 +0100
      Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages Norman Peelman <npeelmandog@cfl.rr.com> - 2012-08-12 09:24 -0400
        Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-08-12 17:44 +0200
        Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages Dr J R Stockton <reply1233@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-08-13 19:23 +0100
          Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2012-08-14 01:48 -0400
            Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2012-08-14 09:25 +0300
              Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2012-08-14 22:44 -0400
                Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages Dr J R Stockton <reply1233@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-08-16 19:36 +0100
              Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages Dr J R Stockton <reply1233@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-08-15 19:14 +0100
            Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages Dr J R Stockton <reply1233@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-08-15 19:08 +0100
          Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages Norman Peelman <npeelmandog@cfl.rr.com> - 2012-08-16 18:37 -0400
            Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages Dr J R Stockton <reply1233@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-08-17 20:17 +0100
              Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages Norman Peelman <npeelmandog@cfl.rr.com> - 2012-08-17 23:26 -0400
                Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-08-18 19:54 +0200
                Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages Norman Peelman <npeelmandog@cfl.rr.com> - 2012-08-19 06:58 -0400
                Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages Dr J R Stockton <reply1233@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-08-19 19:06 +0100
  Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages Norman Peelman <npeelmandog@cfl.rr.com> - 2012-08-16 14:24 -0400
    Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages Dr J R Stockton <reply1233@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-08-17 19:58 +0100
      Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages Norman Peelman <npeelmandog@cfl.rr.com> - 2012-08-17 23:01 -0400
        Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages Dr J R Stockton <reply1233@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-08-19 19:09 +0100
          Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages Norman Peelman <npeelmandog@cfl.rr.com> - 2012-08-19 21:26 -0400
            Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages Dr J R Stockton <reply1234@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-08-21 20:34 +0100
              Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages Norman Peelman <npeelmandog@cfl.rr.com> - 2012-08-21 19:47 -0400
                Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages Dr J R Stockton <reply1234@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-08-23 19:40 +0100

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