[fpc-devel] Math expressions in wiki

[Denis Kozlov]

On 14/04/2017 11:25, Werner Pamler wrote:
> Does anybody know how to write mathematical expressions in the wiki? I 
> would like to write an article on fpc's NumLib, but I would only want 
> to begin this activity when I know how to enter complex mathematical 
> formulas like integrals etc such that they are displayed decently.

MediaWiki requires a math rendering extension, such as:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SimpleMathJax

FPC/Lazarus wiki has no math rendering extensions installed, as you can 
see here:
http://wiki.freepascal.org/Special:Version

Installing Math extension is a bit of a pain because it usually requires 
a local rendering engine to be installed on the server.

I think you have 2 options:
1) Write your formulates using the wiki's standard notation 
<math>LaTeX</math>, and once a Math extension is installed (if ever), 
your formulas will be automatically rendered.
2) Generate visual rendering of your LaTeX formulates yourself, for 
example using http://latex2png.com/, and upload them as images with 
associated LaTeX code in comments.

Denis