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This looks nice, with a much more legible syntax than LaTeX. I'd love to use this, e.g., on my blog. The reasons why I won't: - No server-side rendering. I don
by a3_nm 10y ago
This looks nice, with a much more legible syntax than LaTeX. I'd love to use this, e.g., on my blog. The reasons why I won't:
- No server-side rendering. I don't want to burden my reader's browser with Javascript. (With MathJax, you can do it server-side, I explained how here: https://a3nm.net/blog/selfhost_mathjax.html https://a3nm.net/blog/selfhost_mathjax.html)
- The project looks dead: https://github.com/asciimath/asciimathml/pulse/monthly https://github.com/asciimath/asciimathml/pulse/monthly
- amathprof 10y agoThe project isn't exactly dead (I'm one of the maintainers). The direct-to-MathML version is somewhat dead, but the AsciiMath syntax rendered via MathJax is still widely used. The syntax is pretty mature at over 10 years old, hence the lack of commit activity.
- a3_nm 10y agoThanks for explaining this! I wasn't implying at all that the project was not being used. I understand that the syntax may be mature, but the lack of commit activity does not explain why there are still so many pending issues in the repository. :)