X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/f398ad035b973608d380c9939ea845d8e2a0cdc2..04498cdeb486a518ef9ed2464cb95f734b48c6bd:/doc/todo/Add_nicer_math_formatting.mdwn diff --git a/doc/todo/Add_nicer_math_formatting.mdwn b/doc/todo/Add_nicer_math_formatting.mdwn index 041eaee11..3a5e94a14 100644 --- a/doc/todo/Add_nicer_math_formatting.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/Add_nicer_math_formatting.mdwn @@ -1,5 +1,26 @@ -It would be nice to add nicer math formatting. I currently use the [[plugins/teximg]] plugin, but I wonder if [jsMath](http://www.math.union.edu/~dpvc/jsMath/) wouldn't be a better option. +It would be nice to add nicer math formatting. I currently use the +[[plugins/teximg]] plugin, but I wonder if +[jsMath](http://www.math.union.edu/~dpvc/jsMath/) wouldn't be a better option. [[Will]] +> I've looked at jsmath (which is nicely packaged in Debian), and +> I agree that this is nicer than TeX images. That text-mode browsers +> get to see LaTeX as a fallback is actually a nice feature (better +> than nothing, right? :) That browsers w/o javascript will not be able to +> see the math either is probably ok. +> +> A plugin would probably be a pretty trivial thing to write. +> It just needs to include the javascript files, +> and slap a `
avound the user's code`, then +> call `jsMath.Process(document);` at the end of the page. +> +> My only concern is security: Has jsMath's parser been written +> to be safe when processing untrusted input? Could a user abuse the +> parser to cause it to emit/run arbitrary javascript code? +> I've posted a question about this to its forum: --[[Joey]] +> + +I think [mathjax](http://www.mathjax.org/) would be the best option. This is the math rendering engine used in mathoverflow. + [[!tag wishlist]]