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Re: render math in README.org on github


From: Leo Butler
Subject: Re: render math in README.org on github
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 18:51:49 +0000
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On Fri, Dec 20 2024, Nikolaos Chatzikonstantinou <nchatz314@gmail.com> wrote:

> Do you want mathjax when viewing the readme file?

Yes. The only documentation I have seen refers to markdown.

On a hunch, I changed all the math delimiters in my README.org to $ and
$$ and that worked. But, I would prefer to use the math delimiters \(\)
and \[\] and have that work.

> If github is broken it is on their end, they don't have the best
> coverage of org features.

I don't know enough about this to say what is broken. I am finding it
difficult to uncover good information about how things like this are
meant to work and how they can be configured.

Leo

>
> Or do you want mathjax in the generated html in a github pages? That can be
> done...
>
> Another place that org doesn't work (at all) is pypi.
>
> On Fri, Dec 20, 2024, 12:26 PM Leo Butler <Leo.Butler@umanitoba.ca> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am trying to use MathJax with a README.org file on github, but I am
>> having no luck. I believe that this "just works" with markdown on
>> github.
>>
>> The best that I could find was a bug report by karthink [fn:1] that
>> refers to following instructions on a wiki. But, I can't find that wiki,
>> nor can I find any other advice that works. DuckDuckGo suggested an AI,
>> but that seems to be a source of infinitely many wrong guesses and about
>> as much frustration (it's like trying to get a straight answer out of a
>> C student).
>>
>> Any pointers or tips would be appreciated.
>>
>> TIA,
>> Leo
>>
>> [fn:1] https://github.com/gollum/gollum/issues/1588
>>

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