On Jan 22, 10:39 am, Jason Grout <jason-s...@creativetrax.com> wrote:
> On 1/22/11 9:06 AM, kcrisman wrote:
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> > Take your favorite Sage worksheet. Go into TinyMCE. Write a long
> > sentence, preferably one that has a long sequence of formulas like $
> > \sum_{i=1}^{k+1} i=\sum_{i=1}^k i+(k+1)=\frac{k(k+1)}{2}+(k+1)=(k
> > +1)\left(\frac{k}{2}+1\right)=\frac{(k+1)(k+2)}{2},$, and make sure to
> > put the formulas in such a place that the formula is toward the end of
> > a line once you finish the text cell.
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> > You will see that the jsmath rendering will not split the LaTeX across
> > lines, which we know. But rather than going to the *next* line and
> > just leaving an empty space on the right of the first line, it keeps
> > an overflow on the first line, and then leaves a corresponding empty
> > space on the *left* of the second line.
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> > It's actually a little fun to zoom in and out if your browser supports
> > that, but really, really annoying to have it happen in class.
> > Especially on the first day, when you're trying to show how convenient
> > Sage is. (It's not as bad as the 'mysterious moving text' bug, of
> > course.)
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> > So will upgrading to MathJax fix this? I realize that $$...$$ is a
> > workaround, but in the long run that is not always the best way to
> > incorporate medium-length formulas - because it all depends on where
> > the line ends in the font size.
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> > I understand that it probably can never be smart enough to do line
> > breaks like "real" LaTeX, but at least it would be nice for it to
> > compute whether there is enough space left in the browser window and
> > move to the next line if not.
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> You can try it out here, for example:
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> http://kenschutte.com/mathjax
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> I tried searching for a while, and it didn't look like mathjax supports
> automatic line wrapping.
This even happens on the latest Loci article the MAA is plugging in
their emails. Looks quite unprofessional.
> > I understand that it probably can never be smart enough to do line
> > breaks like "real" LaTeX, but at least it would be nice for it to
> > compute whether there is enough space left in the browser window and
> > move to the next line if not.
Is this possible at all? I mean in theory - for instance, something
one could implement in TinyMCE?
See also http://www.mail-archive.com/sage-support@googlegroups.com/msg15256.html
for the last time I asked about this. Why does Google find this, but
not the actual Google groups archive? Sigh.
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