SID-02461: MathJax rendering

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	6.1.0	Perl version:	5.30.0
Category:	LatexModePlugin	Server OS:	Ubuntu 20.04	Last update:	5 years ago

I would like to use MathJax to render LaTeX within TWiki. I cannot find directions; support for LaTeX seems to predate MathJax. I suspect it is simple, but I don't speak Perl and am hoping someone else has already figured this out.

-- Peter Saeta - 2020-12-05

Discussion and Answer

Since MathJax is all browser-based JavaScript you can simply include the library, and post the math text using TeX, MathML, or AsciiMath syntax.

Step 1: Include the mathjax JavaScript: (view raw page source)

Including this JavaScript could be done by a plugin, or a site-wide preferences setting, so that you could simply write %USEMATHJAX% in a topic to use MathJax. Or, you could add it to a TWiki template so that it is available in all topics by default. You could hire one of the TWikiConsultants to help you out.

Step 2: Enter math text:

• TeX: \(\frac a b\)
• MathML: $\sqrt{x}$
• AsciiMath: `a^2 + b^2 = c^2`

-- Peter Thoeny - 2020-12-05

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