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

From Dr J R Stockton <reply1232@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript, comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html
Subject Re: MathJax - "typesetting" of maths in Web pages
Date 2012-08-10 22:59 +0100
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In comp.lang.javascript message <k012uk$mun$1@dont-email.me>, Thu, 9 Aug
2012 22:27:18, Jukka K. Korpela <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> posted:

>2012-08-06 22:35, 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.
>
>This sounds serious, but I don't think it's really that serious. It's
>the delay required to convert the first few equations that matters, as
>a rule. A reader who opens the page will probably spend several seconds
>with the initial display before scrolling or otherwise moving forward.
>So the conversion mostly takes place in the background, from the user's
>point of view.
>
>The situation can be improved by using prose at the start of a
>document, such as a heading, a summary, a table of content, and other
>material that does not contain typeset formulas.


It is a translation, and therefore I cannot control the bulk of the
content.

First-time readers will, I hope, start at the beginning; but those who
return are likely to do so by a link to an anchor at the start of the
translation, or to a particular source page or section.

But the MathJax user group has some helpful suggestions - when I've
transcribed the other half of the equations, I'll see what they do.
What I currently have takes about 35 seconds to process.

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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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