Re: [Boost-users] [boostbook+quickbook] : A way to write latex math

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [boostbook+quickbook] : A way to write latex math
From: Bo Jensen (jensen.bo_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-10-25 05:27:41

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Jeroen Habraken <vexocide_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On 25 October 2010 11:03, John Maddock <boost.regex_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>> This is just some info, that might interest others :
>>>
>>> I just recently discovered :
>>>
>>> http://www.mathjax.org
>>>
>>> which is quite nice for writing math equations.
>>>
>>> I use quickbook for my documentation. Fortunately it is very easy to
>>> incorporate MathJax into quickbook, so you can write :
>>>
>>> '''
>>> <my-latex-math>some formula in latex</my-latex-math>
>>> '''
>>
>> That's really cool, and it looks like Mathjax could become the defacto
>> standard for Math in web pages.
>>
>> Unfortunately at present I don't see an easy way to integrate this into PDF
>> generation - as the code you posted is HTML output specific.  However, given
>> that MathJax can handle MathML - which is what Boost.Math uses for it's
>> equations - I guess we need to experiment to see if this can be nicely
>> integrated into the Boost.Math docs.
>>
>
> Well, it's a LaTeX formula, which can be converted to PDF by latex /
> pdflatex to be included in another PDF document, there has to be a way
> to make that work.

Without being an expert. The neat thing about the MathJax approach was
it avoided compiling latex completely (and all the setup hassle it
brings), so if you want to do that, I see no need for MathJax. There
are plugins that handle latex formulas separtely, I just found it a
pain to use.

>
> Jeroen
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