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Math pastebin with LaTeX math equation rendering

32 points by mk 18y ago

jackowayed 18y ago
That's a cool idea. So cool that I was thinking of writing it myself. I really like the code-creating buttons and reference page. They make it faster and easier. The equations seem to be displayed a bit small though. My test paste (http://mathbin.net/4315 http://mathbin.net/4315) doesn't go that deep into fractionage and the like, but it's already a little hard to read some of it. Then I did a deeply-fractioned 1 (but not so deep as to be ridiculous) and the e is barely legible.
jhayes 18y ago
A similar idea is this firefox plugin, TeX the World: http://thewe.net/tex/ http://thewe.net/tex/ Pros: - Works on any site (I've only checked it out in gchat though). Cons: - Not as pretty (if it matters to you) and requires both sides to d/l firefox extension really (not for emails though).
- cgranade 18y ago
  Another pro? It's also a Greasemonkey userscript, so you don't even need the extension if you're already a GM user.
Oompa 18y ago
This place is great for asking for math help on IRC.
hardik 18y ago
Superb! Just what I wanted some months backs and had given up on.. I am surely gonna send you visitors by the truckload in coming weeks.
1gor 18y ago
For a hosted math Mimetex is a proven open source solution (http://www.forkosh.com/mimetex.html http://www.forkosh.com/mimetex.html). Mimetex is a web-based program that generates LaTeX images (math) on the fly, if you use it like this: <img src="http://www.forkosh.dreamhost.com/mimetex.cgi?c=\sqrt{a^2+b^2} http://www.forkosh.dreamhost.com/mimetex.cgi?c=\sqrt{a^2+b^2... alt="" border=0 align=middle>. To do a plugin that does [tex]\sqrt{a^2+b^2}[\tex] is simple (PHP). $text = preg_replace('/\[tex\](.*?)\[\/tex\]/ie', "'<img src=\"/cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?'.rawurlencode('$1').'\" align=\"middle\" />'", $text); To do something like this with JavaScript is also trivial. Mimetex is great beause A) you don't need to have a full TeX installation on your server, the program generates it internally B) you don't need to worry about scalability - mimetex can be compiled with caching enables, which makes it the same as static images
- Theseus 18y ago
  http://code.google.com/p/latex-composer/ http://code.google.com/p/latex-composer/ firefox extension based on mimetex
rand0m 18y ago
Also check: http://www.pastemath.com http://www.pastemath.com and a plugin for msn messenger: http://gallery.live.com/liveitemdetail.aspx?li=fc6c54f3-fa61-42ca-8fd2-6bae407f1de3&l=6 http://gallery.live.com/liveitemdetail.aspx?li=fc6c54f3-fa61...

32 points by mk 18y ago

That's a cool idea. So cool that I was thinking of writing it myself. I really like the code-creating buttons and reference page. They make it faster and easier. The equations seem to be displayed a bit small though. My test paste (http://mathbin.net/4315 http://mathbin.net/4315) doesn't go that deep into fractionage and the like, but it's already a little hard to read some of it. Then I did a deeply-fractioned 1 (but not so deep as to be ridiculous) and the e is barely legible.

jhayes 18y ago

A similar idea is this firefox plugin, TeX the World: http://thewe.net/tex/ http://thewe.net/tex/ Pros: - Works on any site (I've only checked it out in gchat though). Cons: - Not as pretty (if it matters to you) and requires both sides to d/l firefox extension really (not for emails though).

cgranade 18y ago
Another pro? It's also a Greasemonkey userscript, so you don't even need the extension if you're already a GM user.

Oompa 18y ago

This place is great for asking for math help on IRC.

hardik 18y ago

Superb! Just what I wanted some months backs and had given up on.. I am surely gonna send you visitors by the truckload in coming weeks.

1gor 18y ago

For a hosted math Mimetex is a proven open source solution (http://www.forkosh.com/mimetex.html http://www.forkosh.com/mimetex.html). Mimetex is a web-based program that generates LaTeX images (math) on the fly, if you use it like this: <img src="http://www.forkosh.dreamhost.com/mimetex.cgi?c=\sqrt{a^2+b^2} http://www.forkosh.dreamhost.com/mimetex.cgi?c=\sqrt{a^2+b^2... alt="" border=0 align=middle>. To do a plugin that does [tex]\sqrt{a^2+b^2}[\tex] is simple (PHP). $text = preg_replace('/\[tex\](.*?)\[\/tex\]/ie', "'<img src=\"/cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?'.rawurlencode('$1').'\" align=\"middle\" />'", $text); To do something like this with JavaScript is also trivial. Mimetex is great beause A) you don't need to have a full TeX installation on your server, the program generates it internally B) you don't need to worry about scalability - mimetex can be compiled with caching enables, which makes it the same as static images

Theseus 18y ago
http://code.google.com/p/latex-composer/ http://code.google.com/p/latex-composer/ firefox extension based on mimetex

rand0m 18y ago

Also check: http://www.pastemath.com http://www.pastemath.com and a plugin for msn messenger: http://gallery.live.com/liveitemdetail.aspx?li=fc6c54f3-fa61-42ca-8fd2-6bae407f1de3&l=6 http://gallery.live.com/liveitemdetail.aspx?li=fc6c54f3-fa61...