Re: ELPA submission: mathjax.el

[Philip Kaludercic]

Augusto Stoffel <arstoffel@gmail.com> writes:

> I would like to add the package residing at the following location to
> ELPA:
>
> https://github.com/astoff/mathjax.el
>
> There's no need to clarify the necessary header changes, 

Sorry for the delay, I have added the package to ELPA, but as you know,
it won't be added until you update the Copyright line and add a
"Version" header.

>                                                          but I would
> like to add a technical comment: the package needs an external program
> to be useful (Node) but otherwise bundles all other dependencies.
>
> [paste Chico Buarque meme here]
>
> More specifically, there's a 2.3 MB minified JavaScript file that is
> committed to the repo and I will take care to update when the "real"
> source (also in the repo, of course) changes.

Is there any reason to choose the minified version?  Also, do you know
if you could support KaTeX as well?  AFAIK it is more lightweight
(though the package name might be confusing in that case).

> Also, in case there are any JS experts around, I'd be happy to get hints
> on how to make things work with other JS engines.  I have at least 3
> others in my machine (2 browsers and Gnome's) but it's unclear to me if
> they can be used for random purposes like this one.

I have tried QuickJS, but it didn't work either.  That being said, I am
not a JS expert so what I do I know :)

> Best,
> Augusto
>
>

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