[Using Sakai] [Building Sakai] math editor for fckeditor

[Eixarch Ferrer, Ramon]

Cordialment, Cordialmente, Best regards,

Ramon Eixarch
Maths for More - WIRIS
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> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [mailto:sakai-user-
> bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] En nombre de Qian, Zhen
> Enviado el: viernes, 22 de octubre de 2010 18:50
> Para: John Bush; sakai-user; Sakai-Dev
> Asunto: Re: [Using Sakai] [Building Sakai] math editor for fckeditor
> 
> John,
> 
> I think equation support can be divided into two parts: (1) the ability
> to render good quality image for equation in browsers and (2) the
> ability to support creating/editing LaTex/MathML equation.
> 
> As for part (1), I think the trend now is to use MathJax display
> engine(http://www.mathjax.org/), which support all browsers and both
> LaTex and MathML. Here is a previous discussion thread for replacing
> jsMath with MathJax: http://old.nabble.com/-Building-Sakai--MathJax-to-
> replace-jsMath-in-rWiki--td29464530.html
> 
> For part (2), I haven't checked their licences or prices yet. Some
> plugins render equation images and embed into FCKEditor. DragMath
> (http://www.dragmath.bham.ac.uk/integrations.html) can output LaTex
> formatted string, which can be displayed by MathJax afterwards.
> 
> Part 1 seems to be a low-hanging fruit, and I hope that can solve at
> least 50% of user needs. Equation support is on our top to-do list
> here. We'd love to hear suggestions from other teams.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> - Zhen
> ________________________________________
> From: sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [sakai-dev-
> bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf Of John Bush
> [john.bush at rsmart.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 11:33 AM
> To: sakai-user; Sakai-Dev
> Subject: [Building Sakai] math editor for fckeditor
> 
> Is anyone doing anything to bring a math editor into sakai?  I know
> about jsmath for rwiki and sferyx for melete, but something that plugs
> into the fckeditor is the ideal, since that give the most widespread
> use.  I stumbled across I decent blog that talks about some of the
> options for moodle, but seems relevant to us as well.
> 
> http://www.stattler.com/blog/latex-equation-drupal-blog
> 
> This look like the best contender, as there is already a fckeditor
> plugin for this tool, check it out:
> 
> check this out,
> http://www.codecogs.com/pages/forums/pagegen.php?id=1639
> 
> Is anyone using this or an alternative, care to share experiences ?
> 
> --
> John Bush
> 602-490-0470
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