On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 09:38:38AM -0400, Mark Esplin wrote: > My dream of the future would would be that all software that displays or > uses mathematical equations would support a common interchange format like > MathML at the clipboard level. That way we could cut and past equations from > any application to any other application. MathML is an XML based description > language (See http://www.w3.org/Math/). However, I am not sure that even > MathML has enough information to actually describe the math of the equation > and not just how it appears on the screen.
MathML supports both if I read the docs correctly. However, the two representations do not interact nicely and there are certain LaTeX constructs (like partial structures hidden in macros) that are difficult (if not impossible) to express in MathML. Andre' -- André Pönitz .............................................. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
