On Sun, 28 May 2000, Martin D. Muggli wrote:
> A fellow student and I are working on connecting LyX to MuPAD (A partially
> open-source, free for non comercial use, computer algebra system) so
> user's can evaluate mathematical expressions in the middle of a document.
>
> I'd like some comments on possible user interfaces for this.
Does MuPAD support MathML? One of the goals of the new (unpublished)
mathed is to be able to import/export presentation MathML. This way
LyX could be connected not only with muPAD but with any mathematical tool
which uses MathML.
> In the initial stages, only a text interface will be available. A user
> will type an expression exactly the way the would into MuPAD. Then they
> will somehow tell LyX to evaluate it, and then they will be able to
> include MuPAD's results in their document.
In this case you don't need mathed.
Greets,
Alejandro
