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Having MathML being XML based plays rather nicely with both HTML and SVG. And I am saying that while not being exactly a fan of XML-based formats. > The initia
by mkotowski 5y ago
Having MathML being XML based plays rather nicely with both HTML and SVG. And I am saying that while not being exactly a fan of XML-based formats.
> The initial vision of MathML was that people would write it in a WYSIWYG editor (since it’s far too verbose to write by hand), but that grossly misjudged users’ preferences
To be honest, it probably depends heavily on a particular audience. I know people who barely wraps their heads around the concept of BBCode, and those (although a much smaller group) who would probably advocate for exchanging Microsoft Word for a LaTeX editor. Most people out here are probably completely content with a WYSIWYG editor and don’t care about the inner mechanism of its implementation as long as it gives an expected effect for them.
- MontyCarloHall 5y agoYou can use a WYSIWYG editor to produce LaTeX (e.g. LyX). Regarding your point about ease of embedding in HTML/SVG, we embed other formats in markup all the time, e.g. CSS/JavaScript/images/etc. with nary an issue. MathML is the equivalent of having to compile CSS/JavaScript into an XML-based “bytecode,” which then gets parsed and executed by the browser.
- Y_Y 5y agoIn this case though, the people who need to typeset a lot of mathematics are more likely in the LaTeX camp.