On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 07:27:08AM -0400, Benoit Jacob wrote:
> 2013/5/6 Robert O'Callahan <rob...@ocallahan.org>
>
> > We expose HTML and SVG content to Web applications by structuring that
> > content as a tree and then exposing it using standard DOM APIs. These APIs
> > let you examine, manipulate, parse and serialize content subtrees. They
> > also let you handle events on that content. CSS also depends on content
> > having a DOM tree structure for selectors and inheritance to work. You
> > definitely need to able to handle events and apply CSS to elements of your
> > math markup.
> >
>
> I guess I don't see the usefulness of allowing to apply style to individual
> parts of an equation --- applying a single style to an entire equation
> would be plenty enough as far as I can see.
Stupid example that can be useful:
<style>
.sqrt { color: red }
.sqrt * { font-style: italic; color: black }
</style>
<p>A square root is denoted by <math><msqrt
class="sqrt"><mrow>a</mrow></msqrt></math>, where the radical sign, or
radix, is the symbol in red.</p>
> Regarding editing, if I understand correctly, you have WYSIWYG or other
> kinds of fancy editing in mind, where understanding of the syntax tree
> inside of the equation is needed; I haven't seen a need for WYSIWYG editing
> of math
seriously? I was a very happy user of the MS Word Equation Editor when I
was in high school.
Mike
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