Re: Maths in ebooks

[John MacFarlane <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org>]

+++ Thomas Arildsen [Jan 15 15 22:29 ]:
>   I don't know the target ePub. I primarily want this to be able to offer
>   a screen-friendly version of research documents that I write and I
>   don't know what reader(s) to expect users to choose.
>   I can hear there is a lot of details to the CSS side of it as well, but
>   for now I am not so worried about the finer layout details. It's OK by
>   me if the document becomes very plain as long as it displays my
>   formulae correctly.
>
>   Well... it is not so simple ....
>   The first problem that arises is -- what is the "target ePub" --
>   specially since you are talking about displaying it in a device, and in
>   a way that is better than PDF.
>   The kind of ePub produced by Pandoc is a sort of a "pure ePub" -- it
>   generates both ePub2 and ePub3 that passes validation with flying
>   colors but displays very poorly on the devices (iPad, Kobo, Nook,
>   Google Play, ADE, browser ePub display, converted to Kindle, etc ...).

There is both an epub (= eub2) and an epub3 target.  Use `-t epub3`
if you want to use MathML and produce epub v3.

>   The main reasons for that can be broken in two classes:
>   First is a CSS problem: Pandoc offers you a plain ePub and does not
>   play much with the CSS, while a LOT of what makes a good ePub relies on
>   CSS. This problem is resolvable, you just have to spend the time
>   finding out what is  the look you find the best and the target machine
>   you want it for.

Yes, pandoc allows you to specify a file with the CSS you want.