From: Hans Hagen via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Cc: Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>
Subject: Re: Converting LaTeX math to ConTeXt
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2021 12:23:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5cc87602-5894-41ca-d0c1-474677f685ab@xs4all.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <801c8109-eddd-c02c-591c-ba74e1c0d43b@gmail.com>
On 10/10/2021 5:45 AM, Jason Ross via ntg-context wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to provide more support for LaTeX math for an Org Mode
> exporter for ConTeXt. LaTeX is the de facto standard for mathematics in
> Org Mode. However, the syntax is quite different between LaTeX and
> ConTeXt. I have a few ideas, but none that I'm happy about.
>
> 1. Export LaTeX to MathML then import that into ConTeXt. I don't know
> how to get this to work. latexmlmath only returns the first row of
> `align` environments (for me anyway). Also, this would require users
> to install another program.
> 2. Typeset equations with LaTeX as standalone pages and then include
> them as images. This will typeset everything with LaTeX defaults.
> Also, either equation alignment or equation numbering will break.
> 3. Hack every math environment I can think of to accept LaTeX syntax
> (see https://wiki.contextgarden.net/LaTeX_Math_in_ConTeXt). Lots
> of work, lots of problems as described in the article. End-users
> could add their own hacks to the template preamble for cases I
> don't get to.
> 4. Manually parse and convert every LaTeX math environment to ConTeXt
> before exporting. Basically a non-starter.
>
> I'm wondering what's the best way to go about this. Surely others have
> run into the same problem?
what do you mean with 'quite different'
Hans
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-10-10 3:45 Jason Ross via ntg-context
2021-10-10 10:23 ` Hans Hagen via ntg-context [this message]
2021-10-10 14:44 ` Jason Ross via ntg-context
2021-10-11 23:02 ` Aditya Mahajan via ntg-context
2021-10-12 21:43 ` Jason Ross via ntg-context
2021-10-13 3:31 ` Aditya Mahajan via ntg-context
2021-10-13 4:46 ` Jason Ross via ntg-context
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