fletcher / fletcher/MultiMarkdown-6
Inline SVG math in HTML output.
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- C
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Description
It'd be super great if MultiMarkdown had an option to produce inline SVG's for its math so one doesn't have to include a JS-based math renderer on one's page.
This can be accomplished with `dvisvgm --no-fonts`, which is included with [several Tex distros](https://dvisvgm.de/Links/). If it's helpful, below is a functioning Ruby script for replacing `math` spans from MultiMarkdown HTML with inline SVGs.
```ruby
USAGE = 'Converts math in ... to inline SVG. Usage: $ ruby math_to_svg.rb file.html'
path = ARGV[0] || (STDERR.puts USAGE; exit 1)
`mkdir -p tmp`
new_html =
File.read(path).gsub(/\\\(([\s\S]*?)\\\)<\/span>/) do |match_str|
latex_str = $1.gsub("<", "<").gsub(">", ">")
latex_doc = %Q|\\documentclass{standalone}\n\\usepackage{amsmath}\n\\begin{document}\n$#{latex_str}$\n\\end{document}|
File.write("tmp/tmp.tex", latex_doc)
if system("pdflatex -output-format=dvi -interaction=nonstopmode -output-directory=tmp tmp/tmp.tex")
if system("dvisvgm --output=tmp/tmp.svg --no-fonts tmp/tmp.dvi")
File.read("tmp/tmp.svg")
else
match_str
end
else
match_str
end
end
`rm -r tmp`
File.write(path, new_html)
```
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Research direction
Start with the supplied math_to_svg.rb script and its pdflatex and dvisvgm workflow, then locate the existing MultiMarkdown HTML math-output entry point. The work is done when an option produces inline SVG math without a JavaScript renderer, while preserving the existing output behavior when the option is not enabled.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- latex, ruby
- Domain
- web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 32/100