[LON-CAPA-cvs] cvs: loncom /html/adm/help/tex Authoring_Output_Tags.tex
riegler
lon-capa-cvs-allow@mail.lon-capa.org
Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:00:59 -0000
riegler Wed Sep 10 17:00:59 2008 EDT
Modified files:
/loncom/html/adm/help/tex Authoring_Output_Tags.tex
Log:
algebra comes with display now
Added a sentence discouraging <m display="jsmath">
Index: loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Authoring_Output_Tags.tex
diff -u loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Authoring_Output_Tags.tex:1.8 loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Authoring_Output_Tags.tex:1.9
--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Authoring_Output_Tags.tex:1.8 Mon Aug 4 18:02:26 2008
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Authoring_Output_Tags.tex Wed Sep 10 17:00:59 2008
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
\begin{verbatim}
<algebra>2x^y+sqrt(3/x^2)</algebra>
\end{verbatim}
-Expressions are displayed using the math expression display mechanism defined in the user's preferences. The default is tth. See the section below concerning the $<$m$>$ tag for more information.
+Expressions are displayed using the math expression display mechanism defined in the user's preferences. The default is tth. See the section below concerning the $<$m$>$ tag for more information on that as well as on the attribute \textbf{display}.
\item \textbf{chem}\index{chem}: Typesets chemical equation
\begin{verbatim}
<chem>02 + 2H2 -> 2H20</chem>
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
to the display mechanism that the user has selected in preferences. This can be
overriden by setting the attribute \textbf{display} to one of
``\textbf{tth}'' or ``\textbf{jsMath}'' or ``\textbf{mimetex}''which
-will force a specfic display mechanism.
+will force a specfic display mechanism. Note, however, that setting the attribute \textbf{diplay} to \textbf{jsmath} is generally discouraged as it requires users to have installed jsmath software on their computer.
If you want variables inside of this tag to be evaluated before the
tex gets converted, then use eval=``on'' \index{eval=on}. For