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Re: HOW2 see LaTex in *.html?

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In article <slrnneg3dp.jkc.BobT@linus.cs.queensu.ca>, Bob Tennent <BobT@cs.queensu.ca> wrote: 

> On Tue, 15 Mar 2016 08:12:53 -0000 (UTC), WhoCares@gmail.com wrote:
>  > All 3 'web-browsers' show:
>  > We write \[\divi : \forall m, n {:} \N.\, m > 0 \supset \exists q, r {:} \N.\, mq + r = n\] 
>  >
>  > Is it possible to render an already fetched & saved *.html,
>  > which contains Latex?
> 
> If one submits that example to the MathJax Live Demo at
> 
> https://www.mathjax.org/
> 
OK  https://www.mathjax.org/  could be interesting;
but I'm not looking for a solution for a single 'text'.
And I want to know the general solution.
And especially since prominent organisations publish
such stuff: how do other readers manage.

> the standard TeX math is rendered perfectly in Firefox. But
> how can you expect "undefined" commands such as \divi or \N
> to be rendered out of context?

What do you see at: 
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/type-theory-intuitionistic/
---------------------------------
JohnF  wrote:--
> > All 3 'web-browsers' show:
> >   We write \[\divi : \forall m, n {:} \N.\, m > 0 \supset
> >   \exists q, r {:} \N.\, mq + r = n\] 
> > Latex has been used for decades.
> > Is it possible to render an already fetched & saved *.html,
> > which contains Latex?
> 
> I take it you mean latex "markup" directly inline with the html markup.
> Then as far as I know, the answer's "no". And note that I wrote both
> http://www.forkosh.com/mimetex.html and
>     http://www.forkosh.com/mathtex.html
> so I've researched this kind of thing pretty thoroughly.
> You can use either program above, or mathjax has become the much more
> widely used tool nowadays. But either way, the latex markup can't just
> be transparently embedded inline with your html.
> -- ---------

OK, thanks, I'll check that out.

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HOW2 see LaTex in *.html? WhoCares@gmail.com - 2016-03-15 08:12 +0000
  Re: HOW2 see LaTex in *.html? JohnF <john@please.see.sig.for.email.com> - 2016-03-15 11:54 +0000
  Re: HOW2 see LaTex in *.html? Bob Tennent <BobT@cs.queensu.ca> - 2016-03-15 13:27 +0000
    Re: HOW2 see LaTex in *.html? WhoCares@gmail.com - 2016-03-16 04:51 +0000
      Re: HOW2 see LaTex in *.html? Bob Tennent <BobT@cs.queensu.ca> - 2016-03-16 05:19 +0000
      Re: HOW2 see LaTex in *.html? Bob Tennent <BobT@cs.queensu.ca> - 2016-03-16 12:29 +0000
  Re: HOW2 see LaTex in *.html? William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2016-03-15 19:47 +0000
    Re: HOW2 see LaTex in *.html? Bob Tennent <BobT@cs.queensu.ca> - 2016-03-15 20:00 +0000

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