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We don't have a good way to handle equations. They are dense and sometimes minute aspects of positioning have semantic value. And this paper in particular, the
by lmkg 4y ago
We don't have a good way to handle equations. They are dense and sometimes minute aspects of positioning have semantic value. And this paper in particular, the equations are the core of the content.
There's room for improvement over the status quo, but with the standards we have available today, faithfully representing the content requires a faithful representation of the visual layout. So a typesetting format like PDF is what's needed.
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- gjs278 4y ago
- lisper 4y ago> We don't have a good way to handle equations. S-expressions?
- a9h74j 4y agoIsn't math-uml (math-ml?) markup supposed to create something like an AST for equations?
- strbean 4y ago> We don't have a good way to handle equations. LaTeX?
- gus_massa 4y agoLooking behind the curtain (i.e. .tex files) is a horrible experience. You expect to see $a^2+b^2=c^2$ but you actually see manually spacing, sub/super-index before and after the object, weird hats, ... $a+{}^2\!\hat{x}\ \leq& \ 7\ y_2\!\!^5+\epsilon$