Re: epub

["George N. White III" <gnwiii@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Jörg Hagmann <joerg.hagmann@unibas.ch> wrote:

>
> On Feb 17, 2012, at 12:44 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:
>
>>> the alternative is to use html tags and of course there is a limited set which in turn means all kind of 'class' attributes and additional css which might as well not be supported by an ereader device .. the same is true for math ... not supported by most ereaders so one ends up with fake math via css which looks horrible etc etc
>
> Medical students hate formulae. They will be happy if I can't include them.
> Jörg

Not sure that makes better doctors.

It is sad that using maths in documents still requires extra work from
authors and limits choice of formats.   Given the difficulties with
using proper maths notation, authors too often throw a whack of words
into an attempt to express a concept that could be more accurately
conveyed by a simple equation.

I suppose it is time to start collecting examples of epub docs with
maths and filing bugs against readers that don't handle them properly.

-- 
George N. White III <aa056@chebucto.ns.ca>
Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia
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