Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Cloudy Nights - Official Forums of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu.... uh, User   You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Other >> AstroWebsites Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 AleX`G scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 05/29/06 Posts: 877 Loc: Scotland UK Using LaTeX or MathML Markup?       #2057027 - 12/17/07 02:10 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I am trying to type up some of my lecture notes to put on my website but am having trouble finding a language to express mathematical formulae properly. At the moment I am using a javascript interpreter which changes a latex input to mathML? to display it on the screen. I dont think this works in anything other than firefox. Short of using images I do not know what else to use. You can see one of the articles here http://www.uk-astronomy.com/astro2/keplers_laws.htm Also Comments on layout or general page design would be useful. Alex -------------------- ------------------------- Celestron/Vixen 102 f9.8 Vixen GP Canon EF300mm f4L USM (non IS) Canon 300D ------------------------- Never express yourself more clearly than you think. - Niels Bohr Post Extras:       llanitedave Humble Megalomaniac Reged: 09/26/05 Posts: 10438 Loc: Amargosa Valley, NV, USA Re: Using LaTeX or MathML Markup? [Re: AleX`G]       #2057042 - 12/17/07 02:18 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Alex, using IE6, the illustrations display beautifully, but you're right about the equations -- it displays the code itself rather than the intended output. I do like the layout, and I like the writing style. I'd just make one small technical correction: prior to 1605, most people thought the orbits of planets around the Earth were circular...with epicycles. Kepler was revolutionary in two ways: 1. In adopting the Copernican sun-centered cosmos well before it was a commonly accepted approach, and 2. Assigning elliptical orbits. We usually remember the second point, but the first wasn't exactly mainstream, either! -------------------- "S.O.E." (Sauron's Other Eye) 16" Royce conical mirror: A permanent work in progress. 10" Homebuilt dob, old Coulter mirror Next Project: The "Eye of Sauron" Observatory! Post Extras:       gubbenimanen sage Reged: 08/09/05 Posts: 265 Loc: Sweden Re: Using LaTeX or MathML Markup? [Re: AleX`G]       #2072842 - 12/25/07 03:37 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   MathML can be edited and displayed by the Amaya editor and web browser. Google for MathML Browsers. -------------------- Roger Post Extras:       AleX`G scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 05/29/06 Posts: 877 Loc: Scotland UK Re: Using LaTeX or MathML Markup? [Re: gubbenimanen]       #2103400 - 01/07/08 03:12 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Can browsers read LaTeX itself then I could just have frames with a page full of latex formulae linked in. -------------------- ------------------------- Celestron/Vixen 102 f9.8 Vixen GP Canon EF300mm f4L USM (non IS) Canon 300D ------------------------- Never express yourself more clearly than you think. - Niels Bohr Post Extras:       JoeF Pooh-Bah Reged: 03/18/05 Posts: 1112 Loc: 'Sunny Loftus' - N E England Re: Using LaTeX or MathML Markup? [Re: AleX`G]       #2125047 - 01/16/08 06:24 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Dont know if this helps. Lyx is a Latex 'word proccessor' like front end. A small utility called tth will then convert the resulting .tex file to html. Never used it for math though. Joe -------------------- Orion Optics 200mm f6 & Accufocus on GP/E Mount Opticron BGA 10x50 Binos NELM 5.2 rural skies Under tripod canine footwarmer Post Extras:       AleX`G scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 05/29/06 Posts: 877 Loc: Scotland UK Re: Using LaTeX or MathML Markup? [Re: JoeF]       #2125060 - 01/16/08 06:32 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Ive fiddled around with it a bit so IE likes it a little more you can easily download a plugin for IE which allows you to view mathml and i have made the pages compliant with MathML standards assuming the conversion script creates valid output(which it probably doesnt but ey?) Im still going to recommend firefox but also direct viewers to the plugin. On a side note: Can you guys trying this page for me It doesnt seem to load on my IE but works fine in firefox and opera. Might be some little formatting bug with the div tags or summin. Basic Laser Physics Thanks Alex -------------------- ------------------------- Celestron/Vixen 102 f9.8 Vixen GP Canon EF300mm f4L USM (non IS) Canon 300D ------------------------- Never express yourself more clearly than you think. - Niels Bohr Post Extras:       JoeF Pooh-Bah Reged: 03/18/05 Posts: 1112 Loc: 'Sunny Loftus' - N E England Re: Using LaTeX or MathML Markup? [Re: AleX`G]       #2126037 - 01/17/08 06:36 AM Attachment (19 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Well it's all Greek to me but I got this using Mozilla 1.7.2 (dated 2004) -------------------- Orion Optics 200mm f6 & Accufocus on GP/E Mount Opticron BGA 10x50 Binos NELM 5.2 rural skies Under tripod canine footwarmer Post Extras:       AleX`G scholastic sledgehammer Reged: 05/29/06 Posts: 877 Loc: Scotland UK Re: Using LaTeX or MathML Markup? [Re: JoeF]       #2126555 - 01/17/08 12:23 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Nice to see it works on the older versions of firefox as well. Thanks -------------------- ------------------------- Celestron/Vixen 102 f9.8 Vixen GP Canon EF300mm f4L USM (non IS) Canon 300D ------------------------- Never express yourself more clearly than you think. - Niels Bohr Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 0 registered and 2 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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