[Building Sakai] Maths integration FCKeditor Sakai

Mon Nov 15 11:33:42 PST 2010

Hi Nico,
+1
It will be a help to have this somewhere in cotrib and perhaps some 
documentation to use it.
On 11/12/2010 01:30 AM, Coetzee, Nico wrote:
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> Hi
>
> We have also found the following plugin for FCK editor. This plugin uses pure LaTeX input and then generates an image on your server.
>
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1490723&group_id=75348&atid=737639
>
> I had to change some of the plugin code to make it work in sakai/fckeditor, if anybody is interested in this. Please let me know and I will put the plugin in Crontrib
>
> Cheers
>
>
> On 11 Nov 2010, at 11:55 AM, Daniel Merino wrote:
>
>> Hi, Alan.
>>
>> I have been testing the WIRIS Equation Editor the last days and it's a
>> great tool. In my opinion, is worth its prize. Also, they have an
>> awesome algebraic calculator.
>>
>> However, in our college we don't expect this feature to be used too
>> much, so I have managed to install a GPL solution.
>>
>> The LAMS Equation Editor
>> (http://wiki.lamsfoundation.org/display/lamsdocs/FCKEditor+Equation+Editor+Plugin)
>> works fine. You just need to change the LAMS FCKEditor path for the
>> Sakai's FCKEditor path in the install steps and it's pretty easy to make
>> it work.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>> Best regards.
>>
>> Berg, Alan escribió:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I was at the Spanish Sakai Congress and saw a demonstration of a maths
>>> editor. I am not endorsing the product, it is just I read a couple of
>>> threads on this subject recently and thought I should pass on the
>>> download link. I believe it is commercial. It is a Java applet that
>>> generates images. The URL is:
>>>
>>> http://www.wiris.com/portal/en/docs/plugin-sakai
>>>
>>> Alan
>>>
>>> Alan Berg
>>> QA Director - The Sakai Foundation
>>>
>>> Senior Developer / Quality Assurance
>>> Group Education and Research Services
>>> Central Computer Services
>>> University of Amsterdam
>>>
>>> http://home.uva.nl/a.m.berg
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> *From:* sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org
>>> [sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] on behalf of Adam Hocek
>>> [Adam.Hocek at marist.edu]
>>> *Sent:* 10 November 2010 22:03
>>> *To:* Adam Marshall
>>> *Cc:* management at collab.sakaiproject.org; sakai-user User; sakai-dev
>>> Developers
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Building Sakai] Looking for feedback on a proposal for
>>> a new Wiki integration effort
>>>
>>> Adam,
>>>
>>> Thank you for your feedback.  I will be placing your comments and
>>> suggestions on the confluence page.  I have gone ahead and created an
>>> Appendix B that outlines volunteers and tasks
>>> http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/SAKDEV/XWiki+Integration#XWikiIntegration-appendixB.
>>> I added your name to the feature requirements as I thought the
>>> questions you were asking are of value to coming up with a
>>> comprehensive list of requirements.  Let me know if you would prefer
>>> not to be listed there.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your input.
>>> - Adam
>>>
>>> Adam Hocek
>>> Information Technology
>>> Marist College
>>> tel: 845-575-3948
>>>
>>>
>>> From:        Adam Marshall<adam.marshall at oucs.ox.ac.uk>
>>> To:  Adam Hocek<Adam.Hocek at marist.edu>, sakai-dev Developers
>>> <sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org>, sakai-user User
>>> <sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org>,
>>> "management at collab.sakaiproject.org"<management at collab.sakaiproject.org>
>>> Date:        11/10/2010 07:42 AM
>>> Subject:     RE: [Building Sakai] Looking for feedback on a proposal for
>>> a new Wiki   integration effort
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> It looks good. I have some comments:
>>>
>>> 1/ is the intention that wiki pages would be searched by the current
>>> serach tool?
>>>
>>> 2/ is PDF / RTF export really necessary?
>>>
>>> 3/ I agree with #12 regarding breadcrums, the current implementation
>>> is a bit odd.
>>>
>>> A useful addition to the confluencve page would be to outline which
>>> features would be lost in moving to xwiki.
>>>
>>> adam
>>>
>>> *From:* sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org
>>> [mailto:sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] *On Behalf Of *Adam
>>> Hocek*
>>> Sent:* 09 November 2010 19:24*
>>> To:* sakai-dev Developers; sakai-user User;
>>> management at collab.sakaiproject.org*
>>> Subject:* [Building Sakai] Looking for feedback on a proposal for a
>>> new Wiki integration effort
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> We have been looking at an alternative to Sakai's current rwiki and
>>> after some investigation have been leaning toward XWiki and now feel
>>> we're at a point to share this with this community.  I have created a
>>> confluence page that covers some of the investigative work we've done
>>> and also takes a closer look at what would be involved to implement a
>>> XWiki integration with Sakai. The confluence page is at
>>> _http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/SAKDEV/XWiki+Integration_.
>>> Please take a look at the link and feel free to share your thoughts,
>>> suggestions and comments on this.  Any input would be beneficial to
>>> the work we're doing and to the community.  Secondly, we would also
>>> like to see if anyone is interested in assisting with either the
>>> development (Sakai-side or wiki-side) or testing efforts.  If so
>>> please indicate in what way you would be willing to help out and how
>>> much time you could dedicate.
>>> Anyone interested in participating should try to respond  before the
>>> end of November.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Adam Hocek
>>> Information Technology
>>> Marist College
>>> tel: 845-575-3948
>>>
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