Mathematical typesetting is actually incredibly complex, and people like Donald Knuth have dedicated significant portions of their careers to it. There's no simple way to go from a textual representation of a formula to a typeset version, not least of which because there's no universally agreed-upon textual representation or typeset version.
I'd also recommend using a web view to display an equation, along with one of the JavaScript TeX-to-HTML rendering packages. Stack Exchange uses one for their Mathematics Q&A site that seems to work pretty well. However, note that it's not instant. -- Chris On Jul 2, 2012, at 8:55 AM, Jean Suisse <jean.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > I was wondering if there is a way to get the "pretty formatted" version of an > equation (from an NSString) to display within a view (similar to the way > Graph.app displays it). > The question is open, any means is acceptable (if not too far-fetched). > I know I can get a .png version using a call to a php script, but since MAC > OS already ships with softwares capable of doing it, maybe there is a more > elegant (and simple) way of implementing this feature. > > Any idea ? > > With my thanks, > Jean > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/cmh%40me.com > > This email sent to c...@me.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
