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: 2010-10-27 06:38:44

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Paul A. Bristow
<pbristow_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: boost-users-bounces_at_[hidden] [mailto:boost-users-
>> bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Bo Jensen
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 7:32 PM
>> To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
>> Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [boostbook+quickbook] : A way to write latex
> math
>>
>> Just a final comment on this subject. You can argue that in some
> situations it's
>> OK to have features only available in one format say html. Especially when
> the
>> code change is so small.
>>
>> Let me give you another example. I also have implemented so I can put
> Google
>> Custom Search in my documentation, which allows the user to search parts
> or
>> the whole documentation. It's very easy and in my opinion would be a great
>> improvement for the boost online docs. At first glance, you only think on
> the
>> search features, but it's more than that. You as a software provider, get
> stats on
>> user searches, which can be used to improve the search and the
> documentation.
>
> That is indeed very useful
> (as also would be an intelligent automatic index,
>  something else we haven't quite cracked yet, despite John's promising
> effort).
>
> I find that the pdf provides a built-in near-equivalent search of the whole
> document,
> something that I find really, really useful when reading my own docs
> (Math and SVG_plot - both 500 pages long!)
>
> So I don't think it is essential to have exactly the same features for both.
>
> Of course, on the original topic, it would still be very nice to have better
> ways of dealing with equations,
> always hard work.
>
> As a MS Word user, it would seem natural to use its equation editor
> (rather than yet another utility - however good - to install)
>  - but how you get the actual equation out, I have no knowledge yet.
>

Might not be what you want, but you can always create the equation in
word and paste it into MathJax code, since word can export in mathml
format.

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