On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Gabriel Wicke <gwi...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Dear Wikipedians, > > We'd like to announce a major update of the Math (rendering) extension. > > For registered Wikipedia users, we have introduced a new math rendering > mode using MathML, a markup language for mathematical formulae. Since MathML > is not supported in all browsers [1], we have also added a fall-back mode > using scalable vector graphics (SVG). > > Both modes offer crisp rendering at any resolution, which is a major > advantage over the current image-based default. We'll also be able to make > our math more accessible by improving screenreader and magnification support. > > We encourage you to enable the MathML mode in your Appearance preferences. > As an example, the URL for this section on the English Wikipedia is: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering > > For editors, there are also two new optional features: > > 1) You can set the "id" attribute to create math tags that can be > referenced. For example, the following math tag > > <math id="MassEnergyEquivalence"> > E=mc^2 > </math> > > can be referenced by the wikitext > > [[#MassEnergyEquivalence|mass energy equivalence]] > > This is true regardless of the rendering mode used. > > 2) In addition, there is the attribute "display" with the possible values > "block" or "inline". This attribute can be used to control the layout of the > math tag with regard to centering and size of the operators. See > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math/Displaystyle > for a full description, of this feature. > > Your feedback is very welcome. Please report bugs in Bugzilla against the > Math extension, or post on the talk page here: > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:Math > > All this is brought to you by Moritz Schubotz and Frédéric Wang (both > volunteers) in collaboration with Gabriel Wicke, C. Scott Ananian, > Alexandros Kosiaris and Roan Kattouw from the Wikimedia Foundation. We also > owe a big thanks to Peter Krautzberger and Davide P. Cervone of MathJax for > the server-side math rendering backend. > > Best, > > Gabriel Wicke (GWicke) and Moritz Schubotz (Physikerwelt) > > > [1]: Currently MathML is supported by Firefox & other Gecko-based browsers, > and accessibility tools like Apple's VoiceOver. There is also partial > support in WebKit.
Cool stuff. I'd like to personally thank Physikerwelt for caring so much about math in MediaWiki and the Wikipedia projects. He's done a lot of work to maintain the prior rendering pipeline and to bring this new system to production. Bryan -- Bryan Davis Wikimedia Foundation <bd...@wikimedia.org> [[m:User:BDavis_(WMF)]] Sr Software Engineer Boise, ID USA irc: bd808 v:415.839.6885 x6855 _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
