Re:KaTeX: Math typesetting for the web
by xymostech on Monday September 15, 2014 @08:51PM
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There aren't any plans at the moment. We've struggled with this problem before, and wrote something similar with https://github.com/khan/KAS/ but we've never worked at doing something inline. We use MathQuill in a couple places, which does the input decently (writing works, but typing something like x^2_2 gives you x^{2_2} not x^2_2), but the output doesn't look great. It's hard to do what the user wants, have clickable bits, and still have good looking output.
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Re:KaTeX: Math typesetting for the web
by kasperpeulen on Monday September 15, 2014 @09:22PM
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I recently made this little tool for writing latex macros:
http://kasperpeulen.github.io/PressAndHold/
It works the same as the OSX press and hold accent picker. I have also a unicode version which I think is much more appealing for young mathematicians:
http://kasperpeulen.github.io/PressAndHold/Unicode/
All MIT licensed if you are interested in using it.
I agree that it's a very difficult problem. I think that it's a major missing piece for online math learning right now (actually interacting with math symbols in a non ASCII/textbox way). Thanks for all of the hard work you guys do!