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Re: Write LaTex markup in tiddlers (not math)
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United States		 2007-06-27 11:55:09 
FND [Ace_NoOnegmx.net] wrote:
> > At least I know now that I'll for now have to
continue enclosing LaTeX
> > markup in <html>...</html>.
> 
> You mean using LaTeX markup as raw HTML - how would
that work?

I don't understand that either.  But as far as I can tell
he's just
referring to a Wikifier for LaTeX.  I started such a thing a
long time
ago for another Wiki I was using, and would be interested in
such a
wikifier too...  LaTeX, as a wiki syntax, is kind of verbose
and runs
into the problem that everyone wants their favorite macros
to work
(which can't...).  LaTeX is a macro language, and has no
regular
grammar, so cannot be implemented fully by a simple
Wikifier.  However
one can define an interesting subset of LaTeX that
corresponds to wiki
syntax.  This is useful so the scientists/engineers among us
can
cut/paste between our LaTeX works and TW.

e.g.

{it italic}
{bf bold}
begin
  item item 1
  item item 2
end
section{heading 2}
subsection{heading 3}
subsubsection{heading 4}
% comment

One should probably start by extending my jsMath plugin,
which already
contains some of the necessary pieces.  (e.g. proper
escaping of the
backslash that is necessary) http://bob.
mcelrath.org/tiddlyjsmath.html

Anyone up to the task?

--
Cheers,
Bob McElrath [Univ. of California at Davis, Department of
Physics]

"All wars come to an end, at least temporarily. But the
authority acquired by
the state hangs on; political power never abdicates."
-- Frank Chodorov
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