leanprover / leanprover/vscode-lean4

RFC: Math in hovers

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RFC
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TypeScript
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Description

Proposal

Now that the hover tooltips in the infoview support displaying math (#534), it would be awesome if tooltips in the editor also did. Implementation-wise, it may be possible to do whatever LaTeX-Workshop does.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the infoview math-hover support referenced in issue #534, then compare the on-the-fly approach in the linked LaTeX-Workshop documentation. The work is done when math is rendered in editor tooltips as well as infoview tooltips.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript, vscode
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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