This is pretty cool! It took me awhile to get it to work, however. To use Forkosh's mathtex.cgi, the link in the plug-in needs to be changed by omitting "dreamhost.". If my hosting server supports the requisite LaTEX and dvipng software, I will be downloading mathtex.cgi to my site so I don't need to depend on another site.
...lee
Though I suppose it can be expected that anyone wishing to use this plug-in should know the TEX format for math formulas, the merely curious will not be able to tell from the example in the plug-in's description whether they would like to learn. The example will not work as it stands. It should be
I'm sure the example code on the GS site was mangled by the posting software; but, it would be really nice for a prospective user to be able to block, copy and paste it into a web page to see how it looks.
...lee
...lee
Though I suppose it can be expected that anyone wishing to use this plug-in should know the TEX format for math formulas, the merely curious will not be able to tell from the example in the plug-in's description whether they would like to learn. The example will not work as it stands. It should be
Code:
$$ \left( \sum_{k=1}^n a_k b_k \right)^2 \leq \left( \sum_{k=1}^n a_k^2 \right) \left( \sum_{k=1}^n b_k^2 \right) $$
I'm sure the example code on the GS site was mangled by the posting software; but, it would be really nice for a prospective user to be able to block, copy and paste it into a web page to see how it looks.
...lee