Support for Mathematical Typesetting?

[Peter R]

Hi Bloomie,

I was wondering how difficult it would be to add support for nicely formatted mathematical equations. I believe that the standard is to use MathML (a form of XML).

Hmm, maybe it already does:

<math>
<mrow>
<mi>x</mi>
<mo>+</mo>
<msup>
<mi>y</mi>
<mn>2</mn>
</msup>
</mrow>
</math>

Nope

 

[sickpig]

@Peter R dunno about mathml but it seems that latex could be supported

https://xenforo.com/community/resources/bbcodes-buttons-manager-advanced-bb-codes-pack.1428/

\cc @Bloomie

 

[Bloomie]

We can't support XML in message body for security reasons, but LaTeX seems doable via BBCode (thanks @sickpig). If people want it, I can work on implementing it.

 

[Peter R]

@Bloomie: LaTeX support would be even better than MathML!

I think there are a few other math/physics guys around here such as @awemany that might appreciate it too.

Also, bitco.in would be the only forum with support for formatted math equations, so it might help to attract more talented people to contribute over here.

 

[Peter R]

@Bloomie

Any additional thoughts on adding LaTeX support here so that we can include mathematical typesetting in our posts?

 

[Bloomie]

We're going to add LaTeX support, I'm just going to need time to test it. Will shoot for some time in January.

 

[Peter R]

Awesome!!

 

[Bloomie]

@Peter R the add-on discussed above turned out to be very bloated and would hinder the performance of the forum if implemented here.

If anyone is willing to write a simple XenForo add-on for LaTeX support via BBcode, I am happy to look at it.