Hi Guillaume, On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Paul Libbrecht <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Le 03-juin-09 à 16:30, Guillaume Legris a écrit : > >> can you compare this to the usage of the MathTran webservice (for > >> which contributed a very short macro found in xwiki jira) ? > > > > MathTran is a very good service but there are some potential issues: > > - Not reachable from a local wiki (for ex. from a company LAN) > > without internet access (or with limited internet access) > > - Availability: MathTran doesn't guarantee a level of QoS (from the > > MathTran website: "We try to keep the site on-line all day, every day > > but we do not guarantee this") > > - Performances: Likewise > > Against this, the plugin could do caching at the xwiki level. > This would also enable the very famous js-finety of MathTran that can > adjust baselines (because it can then parse the png header). > > Pluggeability is dangerous: if you change the thing it might break all > the fomrulæ but I guess it's acceptable. > > > But as MathTex supports pluggable renderers, a MathTran renderer can > > be also added if required. Thus users could use the same macro syntax > > whatever the renderer actually used. It probably means I should merge > > some of your previous works, if you're ok. > > You can certainly do that but there's very little to be done. > > MathTran can also be compiled on your own server... > > >> Could you provide a web-page about the MathTeX plugin. > > > > You can find some demos here (temporary page) : > > http://midpath.thenesis.org/bin/view/Main/MathTexPlugin > > > >> MathTeX seems > >> to be a name that is used for several different things, among others > >> a cgi script. > > > > The MathTex plugin is not related to libraries with similar names. I > > don't think it really collides as it's just a xwiki specific plugin > > and not a new library. But maybe another name would be better. > > Then just choose "XWiki TeX Plugin" I would suggest. Great, I'd love to see the plugin in action somewhere to see how it behaves. XWiki TeX Plugin or XWikiTeX sounds good to me as a name for the plugin. Guillaume paul > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > -- Guillaume Lerouge Product Manager - XWiki Skype ID : wikibc http://guillaumelerouge.com/ _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
