AsciiMath – An easy-to-write markup language for mathematics

Re:AsciiMath – An easy-to-write markup language for mathematics by a3_nm on Sunday March 26, 2017 @06:32PM (#13963733)

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)

- The project looks dead: https://github.com/asciimath/asciimathml/pulse/monthly

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Re:AsciiMath – An easy-to-write markup language for mathematics by amathprof on Monday March 27, 2017 @02:21AM (#13965563)

The 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.

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Re:AsciiMath – An easy-to-write markup language for mathematics by a3_nm on Monday March 27, 2017 @05:22AM (#13966175)

Thanks 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. :)

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