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

Fri Jan 20 11:51:49 GMT 2012

Ok in my case the latex not working offline was the old Flash Player
security issue - it seems my previous global security settings had been lost
- probably with a flash player update :-(

So the latex does work offline from an allowed folder.

Just need to make sure the languages folder gets exported now but can't
upgrade the whole install so need to know what pages/code is required for
that...

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[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell
Sent: 20 January 2012 11:27
To: 'Xerte discussion list'
Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide?

A few points of clarification....

1. It's Tom Reijnders who's now hosting the latex code

2. When updating XOT installations it may not be just the xmlengine.swf that
needs updating and not just in one place either...

I have some answers and some questions:

XMLEngine.swf and MainPreloader.swf need to go in the root and
modules/xerte/scorm/

the languages folder needs to be in the root along with it's contents (this
is not for latex but to avoid having undefined showing in the interface
menus)

However having put all this in place on the itq install that Alistair is
using:

The languages folder isn't being exported and so the LO doesn't finish
loading (adding the languages folder to the exported folder fixes that)

The latex isn't displaying in the exported lo

Does there need to be a second languages folder somewhere or updated export
code?

Likewise other files to enable latex to work offline?

Cheers

Ron

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[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Dave Burnett
Sent: 20 January 2012 11:05
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Subject: [Xerte] Re: Formulae and Latex - idiot's guide?

Hi Alistair.

The issue is that the original host for the latex functionality has ceased
to exist.

Ron is now hosting that function.

The pointer to the original site was hardcoded in the engine, XMLEngine.swf.

That is what need to be updated with a version that points to the correct
source.

Check to see if all the XMLEngine.swf files on your local machine match the
latest one (the one on the server it looks like).

Cheers,

Dave

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From: Alistair.McNaught at HEAcademy.ac.uk
To: xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:54:41 +0000
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

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[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Ron Mitchell
Sent: 20 January 2012 10:47
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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.

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[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Alistair McNaught
Sent: 20 January 2012 10:33
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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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