mathtran plugin

This very simple plug-in makes a connection to the MathTran web service, which provides translation of TeX encoded mathematics to bitmap images.

MathTran provides very good looking math formulae.

Download and install the plugin using the Plugin Manager using the following URL. Refer to Plugins on how to install plugins manually.

http://www.delrieu.org/dokuwiki-plugin/mathtran.zip

<tex>my-math-formulae</tex>

Math syntax see:

• http://refcards.com/docs/silvermanj/tex/tex-refcard-letter.pdf
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Math_markup

<tex>\displaystyle { BF_i = \prod_{j=1}^{N_{loci}}{ {\hat{\nu}_j^{S_{ij}} .  { (1-\hat{\nu}_j)^{(1-S_{ij}) }  } \over { {\hat{\theta}_j^{S_{ij}} .  { (1-\hat{\theta}_j)^{(1-S_{ij}) } } }    } </tex>

gives:

Images are re-built each time the page is accessed. This is no big deal since the MathTran web service is quite responsive.

It will be better if we can use some parameters to control the alignment of the image. For example, <tex mediacenter>1+2</tex>, which generate code like this <a alt=“tex:1+2” class=“mediacenter”>.

And if the the image can be cached, the plugin can also be used in offline/personal wiki.