[Xerte] Re: 1. Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide? (Julian Tenney)

Thu Feb 9 14:19:10 GMT 2012

some on the sandbox add \\t to a text field.

See what gets saved.

Behold the answer!

On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Dave Burnett <d_b_burnett at hotmail.com> wrote:
> But  stripslashes()  is independent of that?
>
> ________________________________
> From: ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk
> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 13:46:15 +0000
>
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: 1. Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide? (Julian
> Tenney)
>
> magic quotes are off on the sandpit.
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>
>
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
> Sent: 09 February 2012 13:04
> To: Xerte list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: 1. Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide? (Julian
> Tenney)
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> removing backslashes - stripslashes()
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> Before you use PHP's backslash removal function stripslashes it's smart to
> add some magic quote checking like our "Are They Enabled?" section above.
>
> This way you won't accidentally be removing slashes that are legitimate in
> the future if your PHP's magic quotes setting changes in the future.
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> magic quotes turned on?
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>> From: aott at glam.ac.uk
>> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 12:21:49 +0000
>> Subject: [Xerte] 1. Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide? (Julian
>> Tenney)
>>
>> It might be a server issue. I am using the sandpit area, which is hosted
>> with you?
>>
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>> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 11:57:50 +0000
>> From: Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>
>> To: Xerte discussion list <xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide?
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>> I'm not able to replicate this. If I put in \ or \\ or \f or \\t they all
>> come back intact.
>>
>> Is this a server thing?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ott A (AT)
>> Sent: 08 February 2012 10:58
>> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide?
>>
>> The following happens: The LO is in the sandpit. I add the \\ into the
>> formulae and Publish, which is fine and the equation renders fine; I also
>> seem to be able to export it and import it into Blackboard as long as I do
>> not close the LO in the sandpit. If I close the LO, and subsequently select
>> it again and open it via Edit, each time it removes a \ until none is left.
>> The same happens when I log in and out of the sandpit and re-open the LO.
>>
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 09:48:06 +0000
>> From: Julian Tenney <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>
>> To: Xerte discussion list <xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide? (Ron
>> Mitchell)
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>> Ahh, maybe it is getting escaped on the way out, but not one way in.
>>
>> So you start off with \\t
>>
>> Save the file, close the editor
>>
>> Open it
>>
>> And see \t
>>
>> ?
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ott A (AT)
>> Sent: 07 February 2012 18:57
>> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide? (Ron Mitchell)
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> Just to add another observation: While it worked fine with the \\
>> initially, I logged out and into the sandpit area and this removes one of
>> the dashes from the LaTex in the LO, leaving only one \ and the formulae do
>> not render anymore. If you do find a way that stops the removal of the
>> dashes, I would be grateful if you could please let me know because it was a
>> useful way of displaying formulae.
>>
>> Many thanks, Alex.
>>
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>> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 18:33:46 +0000
>> From: "Ott A (AT)" <aott at glam.ac.uk>
>> To: "xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk" <xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide? (Ron
>> Mitchell)
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>> Hi
>>
>> Many thanks again; to a few equations I added \\ where there should have
>> been a \, which must have been removed somewhere in the process, and the
>> formulae rendered fine in the sandpit and when I exported and imported the
>> LO into Blackboard. For this particular LO, I used LaTex last year, but it
>> is the only time I have used it: It worked fine last year and a few weeks
>> ago when I added the new swf file. I can only vaguely remember how I put
>> this together according to some guidance on the web
>> http://www.maths.tcd.ie/~dwilkins/LaTeXPrimer/ So I did not notice that
>> there where dashes missing from my formulae. For now I will add \\ to the
>> formulae; will this cause a problem at some other stage?
>>
>> Many thanks, Alex.
>>
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 10:04:26 -0000
>> From: "Ron Mitchell" <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>
>> To: "'Xerte discussion list'" <xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide? (Ron
>> Mitchell)
>> Message-ID: <003f01cce57f$e19e3170$a4da9450$@co.uk>
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>> I've tested on two other XOT installs and single backslash within latex on
>> those works fine. But on the sandpit it removes the single slash but works
>> with \\ by leaving a single. Not been able to identify exactly which file
>> or
>> files are different or required for single \ to work. :-(
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian Tenney
>> Sent: 07 February 2012 09:41
>> To: Xerte discussion list
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide? (Ron Mitchell)
>>
>> Not sure. They will be strings in Flash, so I'd expect it to strip a
>> single
>> \, and would normally escape them myself like \\t, but I haven't used the
>> latex stuff much.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell
>> Sent: 06 February 2012 22:11
>> To: 'Xerte discussion list'
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide? (Ron Mitchell)
>>
>> Hi
>> I had a quick look at your LO and presumably you're adding the backslash
>> in
>> front of times and frac etc e.g.
>> <tex src="=\frac{40\times24\times7}{1000} = 6.72"></tex> ?
>>
>> For some reason the sandpit seems to be stripping these out which is why
>> the
>> latex is only partially working.
>>
>> I'm hoping Pat, Julian or someone else might be able to suggest what
>> file(s)
>> might be stripping the escape characters out so that I can replace them on
>> the server?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Ron
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ott A (AT)
>> Sent: 06 February 2012 19:57
>> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide? (Ron Mitchell)
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> Recently I had problems with latex rendering in a Xerte LO in the sandpit
>> and when imported to Blackboard. Julian and co kindly directed me to a new
>> file to use instead of the old one, this was the XMLEngine.swf. Once I had
>> replaced the file this worked fine in Blackboard.
>>
>> Unfortunately, I had to amend the calculations in the LO. So I imported
>> the
>> old LO into the sandpit area and amended the code. The formulae are only
>> partially rendering in the sandpit, e.g. 'times' instead of 'x'. The
>> formulae are also not working when I import the new LO with the previously
>> used XMLEngine.swf in Blackboard.
>>
>> Is there a way to work around this?
>>
>> Many thanks, Alex.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of
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>> 1. Re: scorm or not? (Pat Lockley)
>> 2. Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide? (Ron Mitchell)
>>
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:06:37 +0000
>> From: Pat Lockley <patrick.lockley at googlemail.com>
>> To: Xerte discussion list <xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: scorm or not?
>> Message-ID:
>> <CAO2PinPe+bYUsQ5E-=4P7a1SSmTUhdduQMokEw4J97dLe4AfPQ at mail.gmail.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252
>>
>> The default SCORM export has no extra metadata in the fields.
>>
>> As XOT has support for dc:title and dc:description (see the open content
>> tab) - you can opt to create a scorm package with this data in too, if you
>> prefer. Some people may not want to, hence both options.
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Julian Tenney
>> <Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>> > Leaving the content in toolkits and linking to it is better in some
>> > ways because you can easily update it. If you export it, and import it
>> > elsewhere as scorm you can?t.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Blackboard will track your users if you provide a link to the URL of
>> > the piece in toolkits. No need to export it.
>> >
>> > You could then use a native blackboard quiz to validate the learning,
>> > in a ?view this piece then take this quiz? approach.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > If you do export it as a scorm package, you can import that into
>> > Blackboard, the only real reason to do that, is as you say, to get a
>> > quiz
>> score.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> > [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Oliver
>> > Haslam
>> > Sent: 20 January 2012 14:32
>> > To: Xerte discussion list
>> > Subject: [Xerte] scorm or not?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks very much Dave, Pat and Julian for your replies. I?m still not
>> > totally clear about the use of scorm with XOT, however. (NB I?m not
>> > using the sandpit anymore so anything to do with the sandpit is no
>> > longer relevant to my question.)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I want to track students? usage of the LOs in Blackboard AND the
>> > results of quizzes in Blackboard. So is it right that I need to export
>> > the LOs as ?Scorm Export? and then upload them into Blackboard to
>> > achieve
>> this?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Also, what is meant by the ?richer SCORM metadata? that comes with the
>> > ?SCORM + metadata export?? What effect would/could that have within
>> > Blackboard?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Oli
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > _______________________________
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Oliver Haslam
>> >
>> > Course Developer (Technologist)
>> >
>> > Applied Sciences & Allied Health Professions
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Technology Enhanced Learning
>> >
>> > University of the West of England
>> >
>> > _______________________________
>> >
>> > T: 0117 32 88215
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> > [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave
>> > Burnett
>> > Sent: 20 January 2012 13:54
>> > To: Xerte list
>> > Subject: [Xerte] Re: exporting from sandpit and importing to our own
>> > XOT installation
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > That is correct.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >> From: Oliver.Haslam at uwe.ac.uk
>> >> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> >> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:56:31 +0000
>> >> Subject: [Xerte] Re: exporting from sandpit and importing to our own
>> >> XOT installation
>> >>
>> >> My understanding is that if the LOs are Scorm compliant we can upload
>> >> them into our LMS (Blackboard) which will then be able to track
>> >> how/if students have used the LOs. And it allows results from quizzes
>> >> etc. to be interpreted by the LMS.
>> >>
>> >> Please advise me if I've understood this incorrectly.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >>
>> >> Oli
>> >>
>> >> _______________________________
>> >>
>> >> Oliver Haslam
>> >> Course Developer (Technologist)
>> >> Applied Sciences & Allied Health Professions
>> >>
>> >> Technology Enhanced Learning
>> >> University of the West of England
>> >> _______________________________
>> >> T: 0117 32 88215
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> >> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian
>> >> Tenney
>> >> Sent: 20 January 2012 10:36
>> >> To: Xerte discussion list
>> >> Subject: [Xerte] Re: exporting from sandpit and importing to our own
>> >> XOT installation
>> >>
>> >> I'm delighted we've got this far but having scorm capability would be
>> >> even better...
>> >>
>> >> Why?
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> >> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Oliver
>> >> Haslam
>> >> Sent: 20 January 2012 10:32
>> >> To: Xerte discussion list
>> >> Subject: [Xerte] Re: exporting from sandpit and importing to our own
>> >> XOT installation
>> >>
>> >> Hi
>> >>
>> >> After some tinkering on the server (not entirely sure what) we can
>> >> now create and play LOs on our installation of XOT.
>> >> Importing/exporting of LOs works fine as 'zip export' but doesn't
>> >> work as
>> 'scorm export'.
>> >>
>> >> Trying to import as Scorm gets the following: "Upload checkFile
>> >> transfer has failed.****Only Xerte templates are currently imported."
>> >>
>> >> I'm delighted we've got this far but having scorm capability would be
>> >> even better...
>> >>
>> >> Best
>> >>
>> >> Oli
>> >>
>> >> _______________________________
>> >>
>> >> Oliver Haslam
>> >> Course Developer (Technologist)
>> >> Applied Sciences & Allied Health Professions
>> >>
>> >> Technology Enhanced Learning
>> >> University of the West of England
>> >> _______________________________
>> >> T: 0117 32 88215
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> >> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron
>> >> Mitchell
>> >> Sent: 19 January 2012 16:17
>> >> To: 'Xerte discussion list'
>> >> Subject: [Xerte] Re: exporting from sandpit and importing to our own
>> >> XOT installation
>> >>
>> >> Also no need to apologise it was others who hijacked your subject
>> >> line ;-)
>> >>
>> >> With a new installation it's obviously a fundamental step/requirement
>> >> that creating and viewing an LO works before trying things like
>> >> exporting and importing. Clearly something isn't right with your
>> >> install and if you don't have access to the server yourself you may
>> >> need to get whoever does to subscribe and post to this list. Pat will
>> >> no doubt make additional suggestions but my list would be...
>> >>
>> >> Check database.php and make sure the values are correct Check the
>> >> site_details table in the database especially that the various paths
>> >> are correct Check the permissions are correct
>> >>
>> >> Make sure creating/editing/viewing works before even trying exporting
>> >> and importing Once that works try exporting and importing from the
>> >> same install before trying to import a sandpit created lo Finally try
>> >> the sandpit import and post further questions if everything but that
>> >> works
>> >>
>> >> HTH
>> >> Ron
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> >> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Julian
>> >> Tenney
>> >> Sent: 19 January 2012 15:58
>> >> To: Xerte discussion list
>> >> Subject: [Xerte] Re: exporting from sandpit and importing to our own
>> >> XOT installation
>> >>
>> >> I notice parent_t has 8 letters - why is it truncating there? The
>> >> folder should be parent_templates... does that folder exist on the
>> server?
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> >> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Oliver
>> >> Haslam
>> >> Sent: 19 January 2012 15:56
>> >> To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> >> Subject: [Xerte] exporting from sandpit and importing to our own XOT
>> >> installation
>> >>
>> >> Hi
>> >>
>> >> First of all, my apologies for any confusion caused by posting to the
>> >> wrong list. I'm new in this post, new to XOT, new to how these
>> >> support lists work and I think I have been mixing up two or more XOT
>> >> problems into the same email help request. So thanks for all the help
>> >> so far and for bearing with me!
>> >>
>> >> Secondly, despite the subject line of this email (which I have kept
>> >> only for the sake of continuity!) I don't know if there is and export
>> >> issue at all but there's obviously an issue with our new installation
>> >> of XOT: I've made a test LO but when I try to play it I get this
>> >> message: "ERROR: The file modules/Xerte/parent_t" and it won't play.
>> >>
>> >> I don't have access to the server files myself but will pass on any
>> >> advice received to those that do.
>> >>
>> >> Many thanks
>> >>
>> >> Oli
>> >>
>> >> _______________________________
>> >>
>> >> Oliver Haslam
>> >> Course Developer (Technologist)
>> >> Applied Sciences & Allied Health Professions
>> >>
>> >> Technology Enhanced Learning
>> >> University of the West of England
>> >> _______________________________
>> >> T: 0117 32 88215
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >> -
>> >>
>> >> Message: 1
>> >> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:25:29 -0000
>> >> From: "Ron Mitchell" <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>
>> >> To: "'Xerte discussion list'" <xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
>> >> Subject: [Xerte] Re: FW: exporting from sandpit and importing to our
>> >> own XOT installation
>> >> Message-ID: <011001ccd6ad$d212de80$76389b80$@co.uk>
>> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>> >>
>> >> This is all going to get confusing with some of the subsequent
>> >> replies hijacking the subject line for an unrelated topic.
>> >>
>> >> Not sure if Oli has subscribed here yet either but I would
>> >> comment/add as
>> >> follows:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 1. As David has said in a subsequent reply the sandpit doesn't
>> >> currently work with the Zip local option or scrom + metadata export.
>> >> That will be fixed in future and is specific to the sandpit but in a
>> >> way irrelevant at the moment.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 2. The normal Zip export and Scorm export work fine on the sandpit
>> >> and import back into the sandpit ok too.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 3. Oli my 1st suggestion would be for you to create a new test LO on
>> >> your new installation. Publish and export that. Then try to import
>> >> that back into the same installation. Does that work without the same
>> >> errors? If it doesn't then you need to resolve the issue with your
>> >> installation and this is separate from any issues with the sandpit.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 4. If step 3. did work send a copy or link of the zip you exported
>> >> from the sandpit so we can test and provide further help.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> HTH
>> >>
>> >> Ron
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> >> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Alistair
>> >> McNaught
>> >> Sent: 19 January 2012 12:11
>> >> To: Xerte discussion list
>> >> Subject: [Xerte] FW: exporting from sandpit and importing to our own
>> >> XOT installation
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hi all
>> >>
>> >> I picked this up from teacher list but it more properly belongs in
>> >> here so any ideas? I'll ask Oli to ensure he's subscribed in here to
>> >> pick up the answers.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> A
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> From: A list to facilitate and support teachers using Xerte Online
>> >> Toolkits [mailto:XERTEFORTEACHERS at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Oliver
>> >> Haslam
>> >> Sent: 19 January 2012 12:05
>> >> To: XERTEFORTEACHERS at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>> >> Subject: exporting from sandpit and importing to our own XOT
>> >> installation
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Hi
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> We finally have our own installation of XOT and I'd like to transfer
>> >> the LOs I've made in the sandpit to our own version of XOT. But I'm
>> >> having a few problems. Any help would be very gratefully received!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I can export from the sandpit as a straightforward "zip export"
>> >> without any problems. And I can import the .zip into our own version
>> >> of XOT okay but when I try to play the newly imported LO I get an
>> >> error message saying
>> >> "ERROR: The file modules/Xerte/parent_t" and it won't play.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> So I tried to export from the sandpit in different formats to see if
>> >> that works. When I try to export as a "Zip (local) export" or as a
>> >> "SCORM + metadata export" I am immediately logged out of the sandpit
>> >> and taken to the login page: http://xerte5.techdis.palepurple.co.uk/
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I can export from the sandpit as a "Scorm export" but when I try to
>> >> import the .zip into our own XOT I get a message saying "Upload
>> >> checkFile transfer has failed.****Only Xerte templates are currently
>> >> imported." And can go no further.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Perhaps our version of XOT is not installed/configured correctly? But
>> >> it seems the sandpit is not happy either...
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Any suggestions?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Oli
>> >>
>> >>
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:09:56 -0000
>> From: "Ron Mitchell" <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk>
>> To: "'Xerte discussion list'" <xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide?
>> Message-ID: <013701ccd785$941aac60$bc500520$@co.uk>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>
>> Hi Alistair
>>
>> you should find that both the itq site and the sandpit now both display
>> latex and also work offline when exported.
>>
>> Let me know if you encounter any further problems.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>
>>
>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Alistair
>> McNaught
>> Sent: 20 January 2012 11:12
>> To: Xerte discussion list
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide?
>>
>>
>>
>> Server based version still fine but local version now hangs on loading
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell
>> Sent: 20 January 2012 11:06
>> To: 'Xerte discussion list'
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide?
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Alistair
>>
>> ok try exporting again and reporting back re the same questions.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>
>>
>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Alistair
>> McNaught
>> Sent: 20 January 2012 10:55
>> To: Xerte discussion list
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide?
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Ron
>>
>> Many thanks for speedy response.
>>
>>
>>
>> 1) Now it works fine on the server BUT
>>
>> 2) Local version after download doesn't work - doesn't render any latex
>> but
>> leaves blank spaces.
>>
>>
>>
>> Is that the export function that needs tweaking or something different?
>>
>>
>>
>> A
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell
>> Sent: 20 January 2012 10:47
>> To: 'Xerte discussion list'
>> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide?
>>
>>
>>
>> Alistair
>>
>> I was updating the itq installation as your message came in - try again I
>> think you'll find it works now?
>>
>>
>>
>> However could you try exporting that and viewing locally and answer the
>> following:
>>
>>
>>
>> 1. Does it still display the latex when viewed locally?
>>
>> 2. If it displays is it ok or is it jumbled in any way e.g. spacing
>> between
>> lines not quite right?
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Ron
>>
>>
>>
>> BTW sandpit not yet updated - need to contact David about something.
>>
>>
>>
>> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Alistair
>> McNaught
>> Sent: 20 January 2012 10:33
>> To: Xerte discussion list
>> Subject: [Xerte] Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide?
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I previously creates a learning object at
>> http://itq.jisctechdis.ac.uk/xerte/play_59 to show teaching staff how to
>> create formulae using simple Latex expressions.
>>
>>
>>
>> I know there have been issues with the site that was used to host the
>> Latex
>> rendering script and we now have a new solution but I'm not sure how to
>> implement the new solution so that my old learning object (above) will
>> correctly display the formulae now.
>>
>>
>>
>> I've probably missed some important comment in a thread I skimmed too
>> quickly but any pointers as to how to 'redeem' old formulae rich learning
>> objects will be very welcome.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> A
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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