Jonathan thank you for your feedback. It looks like the Google Chart API supports a bit the same (La)TeX syntax as your application does, with as at least one difference that \displaystyle seems to be the default display mode for Google Chart and can be omitted Compare: http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=tx&chl=\sum_1^\infty\frac{1}{n^2} with http://www.mathtran.org/cgi-bin/mathtran?tex=\displaystyle\sum_1^\infty\frac{1}{n^2}
But also (showing another difference): http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=tx&chl=\root+3+\of+{1+%2B+x^2} versus http://www.mathtran.org/cgi-bin/mathtran?tex=\root+3+\of+{1+%2B+x^2} making Mathtran the better renderer. I can understand you would like Google's programmers to support your initiative instead of re-inventing the wheel, but that's Google for you: the NIH *) syndrome plagues the entire development at Google. To find out more about the differences between Google Chart's and the mathtran.org implementation of TeX can you point me to a source, that will help me determine this? *) NIH: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_Invented_Here On Aug 12, 9:40 pm, Jonathan Fine <[email protected]> wrote: > ahab wrote: > > E.g. > > <img alt="S=\frac{a_1.(r^n-1)}{r-1}" eeimg="1" src="http:// > > chart.apis.google.com/chart? > > cht=tx&chs=1x0&chf=bg,s,FFFFFF00&chco=000000&chl=S%3D > > %5Cfrac%7Ba_1.(r%5En-1)%7D%7Br-1%7D" style="vertical-align:middle"> > > > I.e. the raw URL: > >http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=tx&chs=1x0&chf=bg,s,FFFFFF00&;;... > > > With cht=tx (TeX?) > > and alt="S=\frac{a_1.(r^n-1)}{r-1}" is equivalent to chl=S%3D%5Cfrac > > %7Ba_1.(r%5En-1)%7D%7Br-1%7D > > You might want to look at > http://www.mathtran.org/wiki/index.php/Web_service > which has, since 2007, been making TeX typeset formulas available as a > public service. > > (I'm the main developer of MathTran.) > > Google's service doesn't seem to be using TeX for typesetting: > comparehttp://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=tx&chl=%201%20\left\langle%20ddd%20\right\rangle%202http://www.mathtran.org/cgi-bin/mathtran?D=5;tex=%201%20\left\langle%20ddd%20\right\rangle%202 > > If anyone from Google is listening: I'd rather you contributed to > MathTran than wrote your own pseudo-TeX. And you'll find it easier in > the long run. > > -- > Jonathan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Chart API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-chart-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
