How can I render LaTeX stuff like
\frac{1}{2}
in a Ruby on Rails application? I mean to get an image?
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How can I render LaTeX stuff like \frac{1}{2} in a Ruby on Rails application?
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How can I render LaTeX stuff like
\frac{1}{2}
in a Ruby on Rails application? I mean to get an image?
Thanks!
To render LaTeX for the web, it looks to me like
mathTeXis the application of choice. There are many other options, all of which seem to build ondvipngas a foundation.MathTeXappears to be the most polished and capable, and it is easy to configure as a CGI service, so your Rails application can generated ordinary HTML<img>tags with rather complexsrcattributes.EDIT: Having installed mathTeX, I can say that the code is inflexible, that it violates the Linux Filesystem Hierarchy standard, and that it is amateur work—in both the good and bad senses of that word. The code is so complex that there are no obvious faults. I will be looking for alternatives.