Markdown Discuss - Sep 2010 - PHP Markdown Extra fork for MathJax

My fork of Michel Fortin's PHP Markdown Extra has been updated to
include support for MathJax as well as jsMath. Both of these are
JavaScript libraries for using LaTeX syntax, e.g., \(E = mc^2\), to
include high quality, scalable equations (not just bitmapped images of
equations) in your HTML pages.

Links to more information:

* A [description of PHP Markdown Extra Math][1], along with some
configuration instructions for using it with WordPress.

* PHP Markdown Extra Math's [GitHub repository][2].

* The [MathJax][3] library.

* The [jsMath][4] library.

[1]:
http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2010/09/php-markdown-extra-math-mathjax-and-wordpress/
[2]: http://github.com/drdrang/php-markdown-extra-math
[3]: http://mathjax.org
[4]: http://www.math.union.edu/~dpvc/jsMath/

Le 2010-09-28 ? 10:08, Dr. Drang a ?crit :
> My fork of Michel Fortin's PHP Markdown Extra has been updated to
> include support for MathJax as well as jsMath. Both of these are
> JavaScript libraries for using LaTeX syntax, e.g., \(E = mc^2\), to
> include high quality, scalable equations (not just bitmapped images of
> equations) in your HTML pages.
If I read that well, it's more an extension than a fork.

I took a look at your changes, and it seems that most of the modifications could
easily be done in a subclass of the MarkdownExtra_Parser class (adding
functions, adding entries in the span/block gamut arrays), the one notable
exception being the `parseSpan` function.

I'm not complaining or suggesting anything, only making the observation that
`parseSpan` in PHP Markdown & PHP Markdown Extra is somewhat in the way of
making extensions by subclassing.


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