Rob,

The 3.0 looks really great, I can imagine when live cell are inside will be 
even better!
How do you author this? 

Marcin  

On Thursday, July 12, 2012 5:18:48 AM UTC+2, Rob Beezer wrote:
>
> I can make an EPUB (version 2 or 3) that uses Javascript to employ MathJax 
> and uses Javascript to put up Sage cells powered by the cell server.
>
> It all works pretty well in Calibre, which is primarily a conversion tool, 
> but which also functions as a desktop reader.  One small problem is that 
> Calibre grabs some keystrokes for navigation, so the Sage cell never gets 
> them.  Like the letter "L".  So no doing any Lie groups.  ;-)
>
> I have not found a "reading system" for a portable device where I have had 
> any luck.  Azardi seems to be promising MathJax bundled into their reader 
> in the next version, and they seem to be targeting the technical and 
> textbook markets and may also be just a desktop reader (?).
>
> My test EPUB will not work in iBooks 2.1.1 on an iPad.  MathJax causes the 
> latex text to go grey, so it is trying, but it cannot go out and grab the 
> fonts.  My guess is that Javascript is sandboxed to stay local.  Just a 
> guess, I'd love to know if there is a way around this.  Seems you can 
> unpack the critical bits of MathJax into your book, add all those files to 
> the manifest, and then MathJax will work locally?  Maybe some good hints at 
> link below, but have not been able to pursue them yet.
>
>
> http://boolesrings.org/krautzberger/2011/10/17/epub-mathjax-and-the-ipad-another-attempt/
>
> The sample/experimental book I created is authored in DocBook, which can 
> then be converted to EPUB3, but it also worked a while ago as just EPUB2.
>
> Andrea - if you make any progress, I'd love to hear about it.  I'm making 
> a version of my textbook optimized for the web and it will eventually 
> include live Sage cells, rather than the current static ones - it should 
> really just be a small leap to have it be an EPUB.  (Link below is an 
> in-progress version.)
>
> http://linear.ups.edu/version3/html/fcla.html
>
> Rob
>
> On Wednesday, July 11, 2012 2:55:24 PM UTC-7, Andrea Lazzarotto wrote:
>>
>> The situation is sad. I made a simple ebook with js but I can't find a 
>> reader which supports it...
>>
>> Andrea Lazzarotto
>> (inviato da Android)
>>
>

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