Woohoo! This has been a day long dreamed of. :) Congrats to everyone involved in this work.
-- b On Tue, Apr 2, 2024, 10:15 AM Physikerwelt <w...@physikerwelt.de> wrote: > Dear all, > The MathML rendering option was enabled in all WMF-deployed wikis > on March 12 for logged-in users [1]. > > Based on the feedback from the German-speaking community, many > advanced Math users prefer the LaTeX / MathJax style rendering, which > uses a bigger font size and provides an extra bold rendering experience. > Client-side MathJax is perceived to make it easier to differentiate > text and formulae. Consequently, a client-side MathJax rendering > option will be added, allowing power users to have the same experience > as many other websites that rely on client-side MathJax for math rendering > [2]. > > This eventually means that we no longer rely on RestBASE or Mathoid > for math rendering in MediaWiki and can use math support even without > connections to external services. This goes beyond what was promised > after the technical conference in 2019 when the shift away from the > restbase cache was announced [3,4]. > MathML rendering makes use of MediaWikis' built-in cache abstraction. > > For more details on the new rendering option, see > https://arxiv.org/pdf/2401.16786.pdf. > > In the optimal case, we can discontinue restbase and mathoid math > rendering from version 1.42 and backport the changes to LTS versions. > > Please let me know if you rely on mathoid in one way or another. > > All the best > Moritz (physikerwelt) > > [1]: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T358803 > [2]: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T354136 > [3]: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/N2VGVG2HFPRNZCNNH5NMIR47UWRYAK4V/#N2VGVG2HFPRNZCNNH5NMIR47UWRYAK4V > [4]: > https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=RESTBase/deprecation&oldid=6045239 > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list -- wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wikitech-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/ >
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