Hi Dan, the old latex plugin is removed from the binaries.
Best regards, Chris Am 04.09.10 14:41, schrieb Dan Polansky: > Hello Chris, > > I propose that you remove the LaTeX component HotEqn from FreeMind > 0.9.0, now that there is still time to do it before final release. > HotEqn is poorly integrated into FreeMind: it has no support in HTML > export functions, and it is unlikely to get one. It requires LaTeX > formulas to be appended to nodes, as it were, instead of being placed > in the middle of the long node text. No LaTeX formulas can be placed > into notes with HotEqn. As a further nuisance, HotEqn is licensed > under GNU GPL V3, incompatible with FreeMind's GNU GPL V2+ unless > FreeMind migrates to GNU GPL V3. > > A better solution for LaTeX formulas, out of scope of FreeMind 0.9.0, > is to place LaTeX formulas into long nodes and notes, and render them > using a Java component that renders LaTeX formulas into PNG, so they > can be included as images. I have implemented this solution in my > version of FreeMind using the component JMathTeX back in 2008 and > released in May 2009 > (https://sites.google.com/site/danpolansky/freemind). Freeplane seems > to use the same solution, whether taken over from my source code or > implemented independently, just that it uses an updated version and > fork of the component: JLaTeXMath. There is now even an external > plugin for FreeMind that provides this sort of support for LaTeX > formulas, so technically-minded users can use FreeMind 0.9.0 with this > plugin right now after they install the plugin; see also > http://github.com/Alxa/LaTeXMath-Freemind-Plugin. > > If HotEqn remains in the final release, and if FreeMind starts using > the other solution for LaTeX formulas later, there will be a migration > cost thereafter for the users. It seems to me that the migration cost > is better avoided now, when there is still time. > > For the users who like HotEqn, HotEqn could be still made downloadable > somewhere as an external plugin, but it would be outside of scope of > the maximum version of FreeMind. > > What do you think of the proposal to remove HotEqn? > > Best regards, > Dan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net Dev2Dev email is sponsored by: > > Show off your parallel programming skills. > Enter the Intel(R) Threading Challenge 2010. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-thread-sfd > _______________________________________________ > Freemind-developer mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freemind-developer > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb _______________________________________________ Freemind-developer mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freemind-developer
