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Subject: Docbook + MathML "state of the art"?
On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 07:38:13PM -0500, Chris Chiasson wrote: > I wouldn't suggest converting through Mathematica either. I was just > telling you how I did it because it might seem weird to have three > sources for each equation (PNG raster, EPS vector, MathML) if one > didn't know it came from a common source. > > After seeing your PDF, I will say the following: > > To get the same kind of results you presently have, you need an XSL-FO > engine that natively handles MathML, some combination of DocBook and > LaTeX (dblatex), some multi-stage toolchain, or your present tools. > > You seem interested in FOP, because it is free. FOP (and XEP) are only > going to output something that looks like math if a program in your > tool chain either rasterizes the math (as PNG) or vectorizes it into > SVG (and even then I dunno if FOP handles SVG - I think it has to go > through rasterization in Batik first). SVG Math, an open source python > script, can turn MathML into (basline adjusted) SVG. That's very helpful to know, though disappointing. I've been hoping that there would be simple and well-integrated solutions for doing math in Docbook - after all, LaTeX has done this for 20 years, and certainly simple equations are in the scope of the self-description on docbook.org - but it sounds like what I want may be beyond the current state of the art. > It would be good to turn this thread into a MathML "state of the > DocBook". If someone has info on, for instance, MathML -> (SVG Math) > -> SVG -> (Batik) -> PNG -> (FOP) -> PDF (a completely open source > toolchain), then it would be good to get it down in here for the > benefit of future users. That would be wonderful - thread title changed in the hope of drawing out comments. Jon
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