[Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide?

[Pat Lockley]

MathML has a nice editor which might be embedable for specific "formulae"
pages

http://www.fmath.info/

On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Pat Lockley <
patrick.lockley at googlemail.com> wrote:

> languages thingie?
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> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Alistair McNaught <
> Alistair.McNaught at heacademy.ac.uk> wrote:
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>>  Server based version still fine but local version now hangs on loading
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>> *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
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>> *To:* 'Xerte discussion list'
>> *Subject:* [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide?
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>> Hi Alistair
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>> ok try exporting again and reporting back re the same questions.
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>> Cheers
>>
>> Ron
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>>
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>> *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?
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>>
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>> Hi Ron
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>> Many thanks for speedy response.
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>> 1) Now it works fine on the server BUT
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>> 2) Local version after download doesn’t work – doesn’t render any latex
>> but leaves blank spaces.
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>> Is that the export function that needs tweaking or something different?
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>> A
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>> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
>> mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<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?
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>> However could you try exporting that and viewing locally and answer the
>> following:
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>> 1. Does it still display the latex when viewed locally?
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>> 2. If it displays is it ok or is it jumbled in any way e.g. spacing
>> between lines not quite right?
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>> Cheers
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>> Ron
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>> BTW sandpit not yet updated - need to contact David about something.
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>> *From:* xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
>> mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> Thanks
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>> A
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