This would be great to have, though! On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 8:44 PM Jason Moore <[email protected]> wrote:
> Jerry, > > As far as I know there is no work to get that latex2sympy parser into > sympy or coordinate anything further than what was said in that issue. It > would be worth contacting the author. > > Jason > > > Jason > moorepants.info > +01 530-601-9791 > > On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 5:12 PM, Jerry Li <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm currently a first-year undergraduate Engineering student at the >> University of Toronto who is fairly experienced with Python, and I'm >> interested in contributing to SymPy for GSOC 2016. After familiarizing >> myself with the basics of SymPy and reading through GSOC Ideas page, I was >> drawn to the idea of improving SymPy Gamma/Live's language recognition so >> that it could interpret natural English and text-based math, like Wolfram >> Alpha. I understand that the best way of doing this would be to include the >> functionality in the SymPy library itself so that it could be called from >> SymPy Gamma/Live. >> >> I've read through the Parsing page in the SymPy wiki >> <https://github.com/sympy/sympy/wiki/Parsing>, as well as some related >> threads in this mailing list. The thread linked on the wiki especially >> seems to include lots of informative discussion, but not much of it was >> followed up upon. I've been doing some preliminary research, and I believe >> that, with time and a lot of learning, it should be within my scope to >> implement a parser that would work for most common English/text inputs and >> include some informative error messages to help the user. This perhaps >> could involve using adapted code from external libraries and a parser >> generator. I'd be willing to put a lot of time into learning new skills to >> get the project done. >> >> I believe that this functionality could improve the user experience of >> SymPy Live/Gamma, which would help people out and draw more attention/users >> to SymPy. I was also interested in implementing a LaTeX parser, but it >> seems like there's some work in progress in that area. >> <https://github.com/augustt198/latex2sympy/issues/1> >> >> Anyways, I was mostly wondering if anyone had input on whether or not >> this would be a suitable project to pursue for GSoC, and if there were any >> suggestions on recommended approaches. If so, I'll do some more research >> and start drafting up a proposal. If not, I'll look into other potential >> things to contribute in for SymPy. In terms of the patch requirement for >> GSoC, I've submitted one bug fix pull request which was merged so far, and >> will be looking for more opportunities to do so in the next few weeks. >> >> Thanks, >> Jerry >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "sympy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sympy. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/02716b63-2833-47d8-95ce-3fc6411615c8%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/02716b63-2833-47d8-95ce-3fc6411615c8%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sympy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sympy. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CAP7f1AjXNW4QXPV8NPVG_JjRwch2idm1CoQJo-A9KnYN%3Dpv6yQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CAP7f1AjXNW4QXPV8NPVG_JjRwch2idm1CoQJo-A9KnYN%3Dpv6yQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Asst. Prof. Anthony Scopatz Nuclear Engineering Program Mechanical Engineering Dept. University of South Carolina Affiliated Professor of the University of Haifa [email protected] Office: (803) 777-7629 Cell: (512) 827-8239 Check my calendar <https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=scopatz%40gmail.com> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sympy. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CAPk-6T7q_8W06sWoaO%3DjrsTmv3efWeCAi9MFQSQs1hCaktO%3D4g%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
