upload (new version of) mimetex.zip to ftp.tex.ac.uk
Robin Fairbairns
Robin.Fairbairns at cl.cam.ac.uk
Thu Dec 5 15:12:50 CET 2002
John Forkosh writes:
> As per your README.uploads instructions...
> + what you've uploaded
> mimetex.zip
> (version 1.00, to replace support/mimetex/mimetex.zip)
> + which CTAN node you've uploaded to
> ftp.tex.ac.uk
> + where you want the files to go
> support/mimetex
> Please REPLACE all existing files (mimetex.zip and README) in
> support/mimetex (please unzip mimetex.zip README and place
> this separate copy of README "alongside" mimetex.zip in the
> support/mimetex directory)
> + what licensing conditions you apply to your software
> GNU GPL
>
> + brief summary of what your upload is intended to do.
> Bug fix and new features.
> From the original submission...
> MimeTeX parses LaTeX math expressions, emitting either
> mime xbitmaps or gif images of them, which can be used in html
> documents in the form, e.g.,
> <img src="../cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?f(x)=\int_{-\infty}^x~e^{-t^2}dt"
> border=0 align=absmiddle>
> This allows you to embed math directly in html, reducing
> the need for lots of external gif images, and making your html
> documents more readable and easily maintained. See
> http://www.forkosh.com/mimetex.html#examples
> for examples demonstrating mimeTeX's features and usage.
> MimeTeX isn't primarily meant for latex2html-like tasks
> where you're maintaining native LaTeX documents that are later
> redistributed in several formats, including html. Rather, mimeTeX
> is primarily meant to help maintain native html documents containing
> math. In this sense it's a kind of "lightweight" alternative to
> MathML, with the advantage that mimeTeX preserves LaTeX syntax.
> Similar non-MathML packages, like textogif and gladTeX,
> require setup procedures that use TeX to help generate external
> gif (or png) images of your equations, which are later included
> in your html document as it's being rendered. MimeTeX, as far
> as I know, is the only such non-MathML package that has its
> own built-in parser and rendering engine, entirely independent
> of TeX, and therefore requires no setup procedure or external
> images whatsoever. It renders realtime, on-the-fly images
> directly from your LaTeX math embedded in html documents.
i've installed the files as required. thanks for the upload.
Robin Fairbairns
For the CTAN team
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